Anaesthetic practice for groin hernia repair - A nation-wide study in Denmark 1998-2003

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-146

  Kehlet, Henrik ^a,b   Nielsen, M Bay ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Hernia; Local anaesthesia; Spinal anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENMARK; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; DENMARK; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN;

EID: 14644404308     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00600.x     Document Type: Article

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