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Anaesthetic management of an extremely obese woman undergoing open gastric bypass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2006

B. Kocaman Akbay
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Duzce Medical Faculty, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Duzce, Turkey
F. Hayit
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Duzce Medical Faculty, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Duzce, Turkey
M. Pehlivan
Affiliation:
Department of General Surgery, Duzce Medical Faculty, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Duzce, Turkey
C. Agartan
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Duzce Medical Faculty, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Duzce, Turkey
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2006 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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