Converting from General Anesthesia to Cervical Block Anesthesia for Carotid Endarterectomy

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 103-106

  Calligaro, Keith D ^a   Dougherty, Matthew J ^b   Lombardi, Joseph ^b   Krug, Richard ^b   Raviola, Carol A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STROKE; SURGICAL RISK;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; PHILADELPHIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0035068545     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440103500203     Document Type: Article

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