A comparison of the cost of local versus general anesthesia for laparoscopic sterilization in an operating room setting

Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 277-281

  Lipscomb, Gary H ^a,b   Dell, Jeffrey R ^a   Ling, Frank W ^a   Spellman, Jana R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030056339     PISSN: 10743804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-3804(96)80013-2     Document Type: Article

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