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Anesth Analg 2001;93:1181-1184
© 2001 International Anesthesia Research Society

AMBULATORY ANESTHESIA

A Comparative Study of General Anesthesia, Intravenous Regional Anesthesia, and Axillary Block for Outpatient Hand Surgery: Clinical Outcome and Cost Analysis

Vincent W. S. Chan, MD*, Philip W. H. Peng, MBBS*, Zsuzsanna Kaszas, MD*, William J. Middleton, MD*, Rajeev Muni, BSc*, Dimitri G. Anastakis, MD{ddagger}, and Brent A. Graham, MD{ddagger}

Departments of *Anesthesia and {ddagger}Surgery, University of Toronto, The Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Address correspondence to Vincent Chan, MD, Department of Anesthesia, The Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 2S8.

IV regional anesthesia can offer a more favorable patient recovery profile and shorter postoperative nursing care time and hospital discharge time than an isoflurane-based general anesthetic or brachial plexus block technique for hand surgery.




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