Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 62-67 , April 2005

Vertebroplasty

  • Ramsin Benyamin, MD, DABPM (FIPP)

      Affiliations

    • Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, Illinois; the Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal, Illinois
    • Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Ramsin Benyamin, MD, DABPM, FIPP, Millennium Pain Center, 1015 South Mercer Avenue, Bloomington, IL 61701.
    • ,
  • Ricardo Vallejo, MD, PhD (FIPP)

      Affiliations

    • Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, Illinois; the Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal, Illinois

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PII: S1084-208X(05)00035-2

doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2005.05.003

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 62-67 , April 2005

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