Cost-effectiveness of general anesthesia vs spinal anesthesia in fast-track abdominal benign hysterectomy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 326.e1-326.e7

  Borendal Wodlin, Ninnie ^a,b   Nilsson, Lena ^a,c   Carlsson, Per ^a   Kjølhede, Preben ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Sweden)

^c Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Fast track hysterectomy; General anesthesia; Spinal anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SWEDEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84855168190     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.05.043     Document Type: Article

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