Excision of a recurrent mediastinal cyst through mid sternotomy with high thoracic epidural anesthesia as the sole anesthetic-A case report

Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 151-154

  Chakravarthy, M ^a   Jawali, V ^a   Manohar, M ^a   Patil, T A ^a   Jayaprakash, K ^a   Shivananda, N V ^a  

^a Wockhardt Hospital & Heart Institute   (India)

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EID: 17644390673     PISSN: 09709134     EISSN: 09737723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12055-003-0007-2     Document Type: Article

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