Ulku Ozgul, Mehmet Ali Erdogan, Mustafa HAMZA NAKİR, MAHMUT DURMUS, Ulku OZGUL, Mehmet Ali ERDOĞAN, Mustafa Said AYDOGAN, Mehmet Fatih KORKMAZ, Hamza NAKIR, Mahmut DURMUS

Anesthetic Management on a Patient with Friedreich’s Ataxia

Friedreichs ataxia is a rare (1:50 000) autosomal recessively inherited neurodegenerative disorder. Findings such as weakness in skeletal muscles, progressive difficulty in walking and extremity ataxia are prominent. Problems such as cardiac, endocrine, pulmonary and neuromuscular dysfunction may affect the anesthesia method of patients with Friedreichs ataxia. In this case, we wanted to present our anesthetic management to a patient with Friedreichs ataxia who underwent posterior spinal fusion operation due to kyphoscoliosis.

Keywords:

Friedreichs ataxia, Anesthesia,

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