Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 5 , Pages 964-970 , November 2006

The effects of the type of anesthesia on outcomes of lower extremity infrainguinal bypass

Presented at the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Eastern Vascular Surgery, Pittsburgh, Penn, May 5-7, 2005.

Received 21 August 2005 ,Accepted 27 June 2006.

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 Competition of interest: none.CME article

PII: S0741-5214(06)01207-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.06.035

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 5 , Pages 964-970 , November 2006

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