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Obstetrics

General versus neuraxial anaesthesia for caesarean section: Impact on the duration of hospital stay

A. Fassoulaki Department of Anaesthesiology, Aretaieio Hospital, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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G. Petropoulos Department of Anaesthesiology, Aretaieio Hospital, Greece
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C. Staikou Department of Anaesthesiology, Aretaieio Hospital, Greece
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I. Siafaka Department of Anaesthesiology, Aretaieio Hospital, Greece
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C. Sarantopoulos Medical College of Wisconsin, MilwaukeeUSA
Pages 25-30 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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