A comparative study of general anesthesia, intravenous regional anesthesia, and axillary block for outpatient hand surgery: Clinical outcome and cost analysis

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1181-1184

  Chan, Vincent W S ^a,b   Peng, Philip W H ^a   Kaszas, Zsuzsanna ^a   Middleton, William J ^a   Muni, Rajeev ^a   Anastakis, Dimitri G ^b   Graham, Brent A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CHLOROPROCAINE; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HAND SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0034759835     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200111000-00025     Document Type: Article

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