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Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports | Volume-8 | Issue-04
Anaesthesia in Wilson´s Disease for Laparoscopic Surgery
Agrawal Preeti, Kataria Vijayshree, S. Jamuna
Published: April 22, 2020 |
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DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2020.v08i04.016
Pages: 476-478
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Abstract
Wilson disease is an inherited disorder of altered copper metabolism with accumulation of copper in liver, brain, eyes. Patient may present with cirrhosis, acute liver failure, neuropschychiatric manifestation like tremors, dysarthria, acute psychosis. Anaesthesia in Wilson disease can be a challenging task in laparoscopic surgery, thorough workup of severity, optimal planning is essential hence we discuss a case of 12 year old female child, diagnosed as Wilson disease posted for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. This is first case report of laparoscopic surgery in Wilson disease in our knowledge.