Common nerve blocks in chronic pain management

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 429-459

  Aeschbach, Armin ^a   Mekhail, Nagy A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; STEROID;

ANALGESIA; ANATOMY; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHRONIC PAIN; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SACROILIAC JOINT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0033936543     PISSN: 08898537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8537(05)70171-1     Document Type: Article

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