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Updates in Surgery
Published in: Updates in Surgery 3/2013

01-09-2013 | Letter to the Editor

Laparotomic sub-total gastrectomy under awake thoracic epidural anaesthesia: a successful experience

Authors: Giovanni Consani, Gabriella Amorese, Ugo Boggi, Claudio Comite, Ester Avagliano

Published in: Updates in Surgery | Issue 3/2013

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A 79-year-old male patient underwent elective sub-total gastrectomy under awake epidural anaesthesia. He was American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) grade III due to obesity (BMI 32 kg/m2), mild COPD and arterial hypertension. …
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Metadata
Title
Laparotomic sub-total gastrectomy under awake thoracic epidural anaesthesia: a successful experience
Authors
Giovanni Consani
Gabriella Amorese
Ugo Boggi
Claudio Comite
Ester Avagliano
Publication date
01-09-2013
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
Updates in Surgery / Issue 3/2013
Print ISSN: 2038-131X
Electronic ISSN: 2038-3312
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-012-0191-y

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