Spinal Anesthesia in a Patient with Severe Thoracolumbar Kyphoscoliosis
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Spinal anesthesia in a patient with severe thoracolumbar kyphoscoliosis.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0040-8727,1349-3329
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.207.239