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Alex Macario MD

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  • Postoperative epidural injection of saline can shorten postanesthesia care unit time for knee arthroscopy patients.

    Brock-Utne JG, Macario A, Dillingham MF, Fanton GS. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 1998 May-Jun; 23 (3): 247-51

    The goal of this prospective, double-blind study was to ascertain if the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) stay of outpatients receiving epidural anesthesia for knee arthroscopy is decreased by injection of epidural saline at the end of the case.

    PubMedID: 9613534

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