Perioperative management of face-to-face craniopagus twins separation

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 519-524

  Pietrini, Domenico ^a,b   Valenti, M ^a   Pusateri, A ^a   Scorzoni, M ^a   Tosi, F ^a   Forte, E ^a   Barbi, S ^a   Caresta, E ^a   Caldarelli, M ^a   Di Rocco, C ^a   Piastra, M ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Craniopagus twin separation; Difficult airway; Neuroanesthesia

Indexed keywords

CISATRACURIUM; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJOINED TWINS; FACE; FACE MALFORMATION; FACE TO FACE CRANIOPAGUS TWINS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; INFANT; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD VOLUME; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TWINS, CONJOINED;

EID: 20444453350     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2004.01480.x     Document Type: Article

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