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A 50-yr-old, 97-kg, healthy male presented for elective left high tibial osteotomy.

Spinal anesthesia was induced uneventfully at L3-4 with 11.25 mg of hyperbaric 0.75% ...

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Saturday you are on call. You are the ONLY anesthesia in the hospital.

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Clinical thread of the week: GA for Lap Cholecystectomy in a Patient with the Kearns-Sayre Syndrome

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Published on 09-10-2012 06:29 PM Number of Views: 487

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General Anaesthesia for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Patient with the Kearns-Sayre Syndrome
Paolo Calzavacca, Walter Schmidt, and Manuela Guzzi
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, AO Melegnano, PO Uboldo, 20063 Cernsuco sul Naviglio, Italy

Received 12 November 2011; Accepted 26 December 2011

Academic Editor: J. Malek

Copyright © 2011 Paolo Calzavacca et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided ...

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I expect the OP of this to offer his services free of charge once he graduates school to further the profession of anesthesia.
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