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World J Gastrointest Surg. May 27, 2010; 2(5): 165-168
Published online May 27, 2010. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v2.i5.165
Published online May 27, 2010. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v2.i5.165
Epidural anesthesia is effective for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy of pancreatic and biliary calculi
Santosh Darisetty, Rama Kotla, Department of Anesthesiology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad 500082, India
Manu Tandan, Duvvuru Nageshwar Reddy, Rajesh Gupta, Mohan Ramchandani, Sandeep Lakhtakia, Guduru Venkat Rao, Rupa Banerjee, Department of Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad 500082, India
Author contributions: Darisetty S was responsible for the conception, design, analysis and interpretation of the data, drafting of the article, critical revision of the article for important intellectual content and final approval of the article; Tandan M, Reddy DN, Gupta R, Ramchandani M, Lakhtakia S, Rao GV and Banerjee R provided the collection of human material and the design of the manuscript; Kotla R helped with the procedures, patient data analysis and drafting of the article.
Correspondence to: Dr. Santosh Darisetty, Department of Anesthesiology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, 6-3-661, Somajiguda, Hyderabad 500082, India. sant_dari@yahoo.com
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Received: February 5, 2010
Revised: March 17, 2010
Accepted: March 24, 2010
Published online: May 27, 2010
Revised: March 17, 2010
Accepted: March 24, 2010
Published online: May 27, 2010
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