Cost-effective anaesthesia for outpatient arthroscopic knee surgery: Spinal, desflurane, isoflurane or propofol anaesthesia?

Ambulatory Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 63-66

  Martikainen, M ^a   Kangas Saarela, T ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ambulatory anaesthesia; Cost effective anaesthesia; Desflurane; Home readiness; Isoflurane; Knee arthroscopy; Propofol; Spinal

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOVERY ROOM; SALARY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0034068403     PISSN: 09666532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6532(99)00032-3     Document Type: Article

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