Local versus general anesthetic for carotid endarterectomy

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Rerkasem, Kittipan ^a   Rothwell, Peter M ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 70349670987     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.558288     Document Type: Short Survey

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