Is regional anesthesia really better than general anesthesia?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1631-1633

  Hadzic, Admir ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CHLOROPROCAINE; DESFLURANE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; DRUG POTENCY; EDITORIAL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 28344443468     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000184292.54807.F3     Document Type: Editorial

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