Awake thyroidectomy under local anesthesia and dexmedetomidine infusion

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-102

  Plunkett, Anthony R ^a   Shields, Cynthia ^a   Stojadinovic, Alex ^a   Buckenmaier, Chester C ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 60849099651     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-01-2908     Document Type: Article

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