The effect of combined spinal-epidural anesthesia on stress responses during total knee replacement

Eun Hee Chun1, Jong Hak Kim1, Hee Jung Baik1

  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea. kjhanes@ewha.ac.kr.

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