Myotonic Dystrophy and Anesthetic Challenges: A Case Report and Review

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:17.33em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="1"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Upper abdominal surgery</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Longer duration of surgery (&gt;1 hour)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Severe muscular disability</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">High MIRS score</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Use of muscle relaxants without reversal</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Use of perioperative morphine</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Increased CTG repeat size</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="1"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Risk factors for perioperative complications [<a href="/journals/cria/2019/4282305/#B32" target="_blank">13</a>, <a href="/journals/cria/2019/4282305/#B9" target="_blank">30</a>].</div>

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