Postoperative pain management in opioid-tolerant patients

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 114-116

  De Leon Casasola, Oscar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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