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Effects of epidural buprenorphine on bowel movement following gynecological surgery

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  1. Department of Anesthesia, Tokyo Metropolitan Otsuka Hospital, 2-8-1 Minami-otsuka, Toshima-ku, 170, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoshitaka Toyoda, Tomoko Yorozu & Toshiyuki Shigematsu

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, 160, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroshi Morisaki

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Toyoda, Y., Morisaki, H., Yorozu, T. et al. Effects of epidural buprenorphine on bowel movement following gynecological surgery. J Anesth 9, 203–204 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02479860

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