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Comparative Study
. 2001 Nov;93(5):1181-4.
doi: 10.1097/00000539-200111000-00025.

A comparative study of general anesthesia, intravenous regional anesthesia, and axillary block for outpatient hand surgery: clinical outcome and cost analysis

V W Chan  1 , P W Peng, Z Kaszas, W J Middleton, R Muni, D G Anastakis, B A Graham
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Comparative Study

A comparative study of general anesthesia, intravenous regional anesthesia, and axillary block for outpatient hand surgery: clinical outcome and cost analysis

V W Chan et al. Anesth Analg. 2001 Nov.

Abstract

IV regional anesthesia can offer a more favorable patient recovery profile and shorter postoperative nursing care time and hospital discharge time than an isoflurane-based general anesthetic or brachial plexus block technique for hand surgery.

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