Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 173-179 , December 2009

Optimal Duration of Urinary Catheterization After Thoracotomy in Patients Under Postoperative Patient-controlled Epidural Analgesia

  • Yuan-Yi Chia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Ren-Jye Wei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386 Ta-Chung 1st Road, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Huang-Chou Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Kang Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 28 April 2009 ,Revised 17 July 2009 ,Accepted 22 July 2009.

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PII: S1875-4597(09)60051-5

doi: 10.1016/S1875-4597(09)60051-5

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 173-179 , December 2009

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