Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 56-61 , April 2006

Is peripheral/plexus block safe in the anticoagulated patient?

  • Mary Ho, MBBS, Mmed

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Sugantha Ganapathy, FRCA, FRCPC, Department of Anesthesiology, Room 3-213, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, 339 Windermere Road, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5A5.
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  • Sugantha Ganapathy, FRCA, FRCPC

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PII: S1084-208X(06)00025-5

doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2006.04.006

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 56-61 , April 2006

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