A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CLINICAL EFFECTS OF SPINAL BUPIVACAINE VERSUS SCIATIC-FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK (ANTERIOR APPROACH) IN HIGH RISK GERIATRIC PATIENT FOR LOWER LIMB ORTHOPAEDIC PROCEDURES.

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