A New Look at the Paravertebral Block: A Percutaneous Video-Assisted Technique

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 538-539

  Feltracco, Paolo ^a   Ori, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; CATHETERIZATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; LETTER; PLEURA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPE;

CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 36148935625     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2007.06.397     Document Type: Letter

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