Open Appendicectomy under Spinal Anesthesia—A Valuable Alternative during COVID-19
Introduction Concerns relating to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and general anesthesia (GA) prompted our department to consider that open appendicectomy under spinal anesthesia (SA) avoids aerosolization from intubation and laparoscopy. While common in developing nations, it is unusual in the...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
2021-04-01
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Series: | The Surgery Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0041-1725933 |