Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 345-347 , December 2009

Perioperative Stroke Following General Surgery

  • Chia-Chun Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jimmy Ong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Ling Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tsung-Ying Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anesthesiology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 707, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien, Taiwan

Received 3 October 2008 ,Revised 10 November 2008 ,Accepted 10 December 2008.

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PII: S1016-3190(09)60069-0

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(09)60069-0

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 345-347 , December 2009

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