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Editorial
. 1999 Aug 28;319(7209):530-1.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7209.530.

Epidural anaesthesia and analgesia: better outcome after major surgery?. Growing evidence suggests so

D J Buggy, G Smith
Editorial

Epidural anaesthesia and analgesia: better outcome after major surgery?. Growing evidence suggests so

D J Buggy et al. BMJ. .
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