http://hdl.handle.net/10311/1246 2026-07-11T06:36:22Z 2026-07-11T06:36:22Z Kassa, Mamo Woldu Bedada, Alemayehu Ginbo Benti, Tadele Melese http://hdl.handle.net/10311/2269 2022-01-13T00:00:50Z 2018-08-20T00:00:00Z

Successful spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section in an African patient with Takayasu's arteritis Kassa, Mamo Woldu; Bedada, Alemayehu Ginbo; Benti, Tadele Melese Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a rare chronic inflammatory disease affecting mainly the aorta and its main branches. We report a case of a 24-year-old primigravida, an African patient, with TA planned for caesarean section at 37 weeks of gestation. Clinically, she has involvement of aortic arch and its branches and abdominal aorta. She underwent caesarean section and delivered an alive baby boy under successful spinal anaesthesia with insignificant complications. Although it is rare in the African continent, anesthesiologists should be up-to-date with the knowledge of perioperative anesthetic management of TA in pregnant cases requiring operative delivery.

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