Anesthesia for thoracoscopic surgery

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 127-131

  Conacher, I D ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia for thoracotomy; Lung separators; One lung ventilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849102373     PISSN: 09729941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-9941.38906     Document Type: Article

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