Feasibility and safety of 1-day postoperative hospitalization for carotid endarterectomy

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 751-755

  Kaufman, Jeffrey L ^a   Frank, Diane ^a   Rhee, Sang W ^a   Berman, Joel A ^a   Friedmann, Paul ^a  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS;

EID: 0029903948     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430190073018     Document Type: Article

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