Sho Miyamoto, Edward Hose Ntege, Yasutsugu Chinen, Takahiro Goto, Jumpei Shirakawa, Shimpei Goto, Toshihiro Kawano, Yusuke Shimizu, Koichi Nakanishi, Hiroyuki Nakamura
Oral/dental surgical care in patients with chronic medical comorbidities, such as isovaleric acidemia (IVA), can be challenging. In addition to technical complications, different comorbidities also present a complex range of concerning factors/challenges, which can increase the incidence of morbidity and mortality associated with surgery. IVA, a congenital error of metabolism, is a rare organic acidemia with a predisposition towards acute acidosis and life-threatening metabolic decompensation during stressful conditions, such as prolonged fasting and surgery...
August 2022: Biomedical Reports