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Case Reports
. 2009:2009:957479.
doi: 10.1155/2009/957479. Epub 2009 Jun 23.

Corrected scoliosis, cholinesterase deficiency, and cesarean section: a case report

Roy Somers  1 , Yves Jacquemyn, Luc Sermeus, Marcel Vercauteren
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Case Reports

Corrected scoliosis, cholinesterase deficiency, and cesarean section: a case report

Roy Somers et al. Case Rep Med. 2009.

Abstract

We describe a patient with severe scoliosis for which corrective surgery was performed at the age of 12. During a previous caesarean section under general anaesthesia pseudocholinesterase deficiency was discovered. Ultrasound guided spinal anaesthesia was performed enabling a second caesarean section under loco-regional anaesthesia.

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Radiography of the lumbal spine demonstrating osteosynthetic material until the border of L3.
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