Spinal vs general anesthesia for laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Interim analysis of a controlled randomized trial

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 497-501

  Tzovaras, George ^a,b   Fafoulakis, Frank ^a   Pratsas, Kostantinos ^a   Georgopoulou, Stavroula ^a   Stamatiou, Georgia ^a   Hatzitheofilou, Constantine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATRACURIUM BESILATE; ENOXAPARIN; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44149106659     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.143.5.497     Document Type: Article

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