Ultrasound-guided third occipital nerve and cervical medial branch nerve blocks

Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Procedures in Interventional Pain Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 107-117

  Siegenthaler, Andreas ^a   Eichenberger, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84859756215     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1681-5_6     Document Type: Chapter

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