The definition of block "success" in the contemporary literature: Are we speaking the same language?

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 545-553

  Abdallah, Faraj W ^a   Brull, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LITERATURE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84865715681     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3182583b00     Document Type: Article

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