Small intestine enterostomy for the intraoperative delivery of levodopa in a patient with severe Parkinson's disease

BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Dec 17;13(12):e240367. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-240367.

Authors

Jasun Li¹, Daniel R A Cox², Vijayaragavan Muralidharan², Laurence Weinberg^{3

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
² The University of Melbourne Department of Surgery, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Department of Anaesthesia, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia laurence.weinberg@austin.org.au.

No abstract available

Keywords: Parkinson's disease; anaesthesia; gastrointestinal surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / complications
Adenocarcinoma / surgery
Aged, 80 and over
Ampulla of Vater
Antiparkinson Agents / administration & dosage*
Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / complications
Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / surgery
Enterostomy / methods*
Gastric Bypass / methods
Humans
Intraoperative Care / methods*
Levodopa / administration & dosage*
Male
Pancreaticoduodenectomy / methods
Parkinson Disease / complications
Parkinson Disease / drug therapy*
Severity of Illness Index

Substances

Antiparkinson Agents
Levodopa