Neurolytic Visceral Sympathetic Blocks. Celiac Plexus Block, Superior Hypogastric Block, Ganglion Impar Block

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 542-549

  De Leon Casasola, Oscar ^a   Molloy, Robert E ^b   Lema, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-06651-1.50069-1     Document Type: Chapter

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