Regional block anesthesia for mastectomy: A community hospital experience

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1692-1694

  Neustein, Charles L ^a   Turner, Anita ^a  

^a Ocala Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROPIVACAINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MASTECTOMY; NERVE BLOCK; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION; URINE RETENTION;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83755186830     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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