The Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) block: Abdominal plane regional anaesthesia

Update in Anaesthesia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-29

  Webster, Katrina ^a  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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EID: 52649180492     PISSN: 13534882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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