Epidural Opioids for Postoperative Pain

SPEC - Essentials of Pain Medicine and Regional Anesthesia (Reprint)

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 246-252

  Casey, Zenobia ^a   Wu, Christopher L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 77952584250     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-06651-1.50033-2     Document Type: Chapter

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