Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 167-176 , July 2005

Surgical procedures for intractable cancer pain

  • Ryan D. Loyd, DO

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Ryan Loyd, DO, Department of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756.
    • ,
  • Perry A. Ball, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
    • ,
  • Gilbert J. Fanciullo, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.

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doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2005.06.010

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 167-176 , July 2005

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