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Peripheral nerve blocks for above knee amputation in high-risk patients

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Above knee amputation (AKA) is associated with considerable mortality and morbidity. There is paucity of data describing the use of peripheral nerve blocks (PNB) as the sole anesthetic technique in high-risk patients undergoing AKA. Our objectives were to evaluate the use of PNB...

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Autores principales: Chandran, Rajkumar, Beh, Zhi Yuen, Tsai, Fung Chen, Kuruppu, Suran Dhanushka, Lim, Jia Yin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6360901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30774226
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/joacp.JOACP_346_17