Thoracic paravertebral blockade and thoracic epidural analgesia: Two extremes of a continuum

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 990-

  Norum, Hilde M ^a   Breivik, Harald ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCKADE; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 79953171960     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318209e130     Document Type: Letter

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