Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Department of Anesthesiology, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China

Publications

• Case Report   
  Anesthesia Management of Patients with Kennedy's Disease Undergoing Cut-and-replace Internal Fixation of Fibular Fractures: A Case Report Perspectives in Psychiatric Illness
  Author(s): Zhaoxia Yan*
  
  Introduction: Kennedy disease is a late-onset X-linked recessive inherited neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive proximal limb and medullary muscle atrophy with spontaneous laryngospasm . Anesthesia for patients with Kennedy disease is extremely challenging because the nature of Kennedy disease exposes patients with the disease to anesthetic risks including acute laryngospasm, increased sensitivity to non-depolarizing muscle relaxants and postoperative respiratory failure or aspiration.  Case presentation: We report a 55-year-old male patient who suffers from Kennedy disease. He underwent open reduction and internal fixation of the left fibular fracture due to trauma. The patient first noticed muscle  weakness in the proximal lower limbs at the age of 40 and was diagnosed with Kenne.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2165-7920.2025.15.1680

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