Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 24-27 , January 2006

A database as a working tool for implantation of a neurostimulator in complex regional pain syndromes (preliminary report)

  • Luis Alfonso Moreno, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Recovery and Pain Unit, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Barcelona, Spain
    • Department of Anaesthesia, Recovery and Pain Unit, Centro Médico Teknon, Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Luis Alfonso Moreno, MD, Department of Anaesthesia, Recovery and Pain Unit, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Villarroel 171, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
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  • Montse Tió, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Recovery and Pain Unit, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Barcelona, Spain

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PII: S1084-208X(06)00007-3

doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2006.03.001

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 24-27 , January 2006

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