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All operations were for the correction of concave or pigeon chest. Board-certified anesthesiologists or senior anesthesiology residents placed epidural catheters at levels T5-T6, T6-T7, or T7-T8.

Amid a global shortage of epidural catheters, Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health-care authority says it's developing a plan to reduce the impact on patients about to undergo surgery. In a ...

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