Anesthetic management of a pregnant woman with spinal muscular atrophy type III

Abstract

This paper reported a pregnant woman with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type Ⅲ, who received caesarean section under ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block combined with ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerve block and intravenous anesthesia. This paper recommend this method as a back-up choice for obstetric anesthesia, especially for those patients who suffer from SMA, or those who has contraindications to general anesthesia or neuraxial anesthesia. \n \n \nKey words: \nSpinal muscular atrophy;\xa0Obstetric anesthesia;\xa0Nerve block