Surgery of the carotid artery: Local anaesthesia versus general anaesthesia

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-57

  Kalko, Y ^a,d   Kafali, E ^a   Aydin, U ^a   Kafa, U ^a   Kosker, T ^e   Basaran, M ^b   Ugurlucan, M ^c   Nargileci, E ^a   Yasar, T ^a  

^a Bezm i Alem Vakif Gureba Hospital Atakoy   (Turkey)

^b Göztepe afak Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d VAKIF GUREBA HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Local anaesthesia; Shunt

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947245999     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2007.11680011     Document Type: Article

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