Regional versus general anaesthesia for carotid endarterectomy: Impact of change in practice

Surgeon

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 158-162

  Mofidi, R ^b   Nimmo, A F ^a   Moores, C ^a   Murie, J A ^b   Chalmers, Rod T A ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Local anaesthesia; Outcome

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; PRILOCAINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33744536849     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(06)80086-7     Document Type: Article

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