Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 63-72 , April 2007

Targets and optimal imaging for cervical spine and head blocks

  • Serdar Erdine

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Serdar Erdine, Department of Algology, Medical Faculty of Istanbul University, Istanbul Turkey 34390.

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PII: S1084-208X(07)00008-0

doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2007.02.007

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 63-72 , April 2007

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