Fast track surgery: Current concepts

Journal International Medical Sciences Academy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-245

  Mishra, A K ^a   Sood, Jayashree ^a   Agarwal, Brij B ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; FAST TRACK SURGERY; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 36849041661     PISSN: 0971071X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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