Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 24-32 , March 2009

Anesthetic Management for Adult Spine Deformity Surgery

  • Thai T. Nguyen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Thai T. Nguyen, MD, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Neuroanesthesia, Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, 600 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287
    • ,
  • Marek A. Mirski, MD, PhD

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doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2008.11.004

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 24-32 , March 2009

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