The efficacy of regional anesthesia for outpatient anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Arthroscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 699-703

  Nakamura, Shawn J ^a   Conte Hernandez, Anthony ^a   Galloway, Marc T ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Cost analysis; Nerve block anesthesia; Regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; OUTPATIENT; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0031439565     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(97)90003-7     Document Type: Article

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