Regional anesthesia may improve cardiorespiratory complications in preterm inguinal hernia surgery

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Surgery, Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA. leshera@musc.edu.
² Division of Neonatology, Golisano Children's Hospital, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.

Editorial

Aaron P Lesher et al. J Perinatol. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar;41(3):370-371.

doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-0763-5. Epub 2020 Aug 4.

¹ Division of Pediatric Surgery, Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA. leshera@musc.edu.
² Division of Neonatology, Golisano Children's Hospital, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.

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Association of anesthesia type with prolonged postoperative intubation in neonates undergoing inguinal hernia repair.
Lamoshi A, Lerman J, Dughayli J, Elberson V, Towle-Miller L, Wilding GE, Rothstein DH. Lamoshi A, et al. J Perinatol. 2021 Mar;41(3):571-576. doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-0703-4. Epub 2020 Jun 4. J Perinatol. 2021. PMID: 32499596 Free PMC article.

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