Jagadeesh A, Manjunath N, Rao VR, Sathyakumari SA. Anaesthetic management of
closed mitral valvotomy for severe mitral stenosis with traumatic kyphoscoliosis.
Indian J Anaesth 2010;
54:62-4. [PMID:
20532077 PMCID:
PMC2876897 DOI:
10.4103/0019-5049.60502]
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Abstract
A 42-year-old male patient with rheumatic mitral stenosis was posted for percutaneous transluminal mitral commissurotomy. He had associated traumatic kyphoscoliosis and osteoarthritis of hip and knee joints, causing severe permanent flexion of these joints. This position caused technical difficulty in approach to the femoral vessels. So he was rescheduled for closed mitral valvotomy. This also posed similar problems, but was successfully managed.
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