Two anesthesias in a pediatric patient affected from undiagnosed Angelman syndrome
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A case of a male child who undergone two interventions (pylorotomy at about two months of age, bilateral orchidopexy and clearing of glans penis adhesions at two years), both of them were conducted in ignorance of the underlying genetic disease is presented. All two the perioperative periods were uneventful. After a review of literature relating to AS, a few suggestions are presented.
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