Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 40-49 , January 2005

Regenerative injection therapy for axial pain

  • Felix S. Linetsky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
    • Department of Osteopathic Principles, Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Orthopaedic Medicine and Pain Treatment Center, Palm Harbor, Florida
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Felix S. Linetsky, MD, 34672 US 19 North, Palm Harbor, FL 36472.
    • ,
  • Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
    • Pain Management Center of Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky.

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doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2005.01.004

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 40-49 , January 2005

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