Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 48-54 , January 2003

Ambulatory perineural local anesthetic infusion

Presented in part at the Fourth Regional Anesthesia International Symposium, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management, Orlando, FL, October 11, 2002.

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☆ Supported by the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

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Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 48-54 , January 2003

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