Pneumomediastinum due to inadvertent bladder perforation during transurethral resection of the prostate
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597 Received: November 19, 2008. Accepted: January 5, 2009. Corresponding author: Young Kug Kim, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1, Pungnap-2 dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea. Tel: 82-2-3010-3868, Fax: 82-2-470-1363, E-mail: [email protected] Copyright c Korean Society of Anesthesiologists, 2009 Pneumomediastinum due to inadvertent bladder perforation during transurethral resection of the prostate − A case report−
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