Oxygen venous embolism after the use of hydrogen peroxide during lumbar discectomy

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 410-413

  Despond, Olivier ^a   Fiset, Pierre ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 0030739881     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03014463     Document Type: Article

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