Spinal anesthesia versus intravenous sedation for transvaginal oocyte retrieval: Reproductive outcome, side-effects and recovery profiles

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-51

  Viscomi, C M ^a,b   Hill, K ^a   Johnson, J ^a   Sites, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DONATION; RECOVERY ROOM; SEDATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 0031043499     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-289X(97)80052-0     Document Type: Article

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