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Case Report

Bilateral Ultrasound Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in A Patient Affected from Menkes Disease

by
Dario Galante
1,*,
Marco Caruselli
2,
Francesco Dones
3,
Salvatore Meola
1,
Gianluca Russo
4,
Giuseppe Pellico
5,
Antonio Caso
6,
Massimo Lambo
1,
Flora Donadei
7 and
Giuseppe Mincolelli
7
1
University Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care University Hospital Ospedali Riuniti, Foggia, Italy
2
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, G. Salesi Children’s Hospital, Ancona, Italy
3
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Palermo, Italy
4
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Hospital of Lodi, Italy
5
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, G. Tatarella Hospital, Cerignola, Italy
6
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Teresa Masselli-Mascia Hospital, San Severo, Italy
7
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, M. Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Pediatr. Rep. 2012, 4(2), e23; https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2012.e23
Submission received: 28 March 2012 / Revised: 20 May 2012 / Accepted: 29 May 2012 / Published: 13 June 2012

Abstract

This case report demonstrates the utility and safety of ultrasound transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block in a paediatric patient suffering from Menkes disease. Anaesthetists, and particularly paediatric and neonatal anaesthetists, have to make a careful assessment of these patients, who are subjected to frequent surgeries, despite their tender years. These operations are often necessary in order to improve the patient’s quality of life as much as possible. The choice of anaesthetic technique must take the particular nature of the disease and the patient’s medical history into consideration, while careful preparation and preoperative evaluations make it possible to administer the general or local anaesthetic safely. Official literature on the subject does not provide sufficient information about the use of local anaesthetic techniques. Moreover, the use of ultrasound TAP block in patients affected by Menkes disease has never been published in literature. In our experience, ultrasound TAP block has provided positive results, although the rarity of this childhood disease makes a detailed study difficult.
Keywords: Menkes disease; locoregional anaesthesia; paediatrics; ultrasound; transversus abdominis plane block Menkes disease; locoregional anaesthesia; paediatrics; ultrasound; transversus abdominis plane block

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Galante, D.; Caruselli, M.; Dones, F.; Meola, S.; Russo, G.; Pellico, G.; Caso, A.; Lambo, M.; Donadei, F.; Mincolelli, G. Bilateral Ultrasound Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in A Patient Affected from Menkes Disease. Pediatr. Rep. 2012, 4, e23. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2012.e23

AMA Style

Galante D, Caruselli M, Dones F, Meola S, Russo G, Pellico G, Caso A, Lambo M, Donadei F, Mincolelli G. Bilateral Ultrasound Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in A Patient Affected from Menkes Disease. Pediatric Reports. 2012; 4(2):e23. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2012.e23

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Galante, Dario, Marco Caruselli, Francesco Dones, Salvatore Meola, Gianluca Russo, Giuseppe Pellico, Antonio Caso, Massimo Lambo, Flora Donadei, and Giuseppe Mincolelli. 2012. "Bilateral Ultrasound Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in A Patient Affected from Menkes Disease" Pediatric Reports 4, no. 2: e23. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2012.e23

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