Paraplegia after cystectomy and epidural anesthesia.
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be selected based on sex,' this formula may also be applicable to these adult sizes. This formula is easy to remember and, we hope, helpful in clinical situations. Tetsuro Kagawa, M.D. Instructor in Anesthesiology kagawa@med. kobe-u.ac. jp Hidefumi Obara, M.D. Professor and Chairman of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology Kobe University School of Medicine Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku Kobe 650-0017, Japan
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Anesthesiology
دوره 92 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000