Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 103-112 , April 2007

CT use in pain management

  • Herbert Illiasch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, General Hospital Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Herbert Illiasch, MD, Department of Radiology, General Hospital Klagenfurt, St. Veiter Str. 47, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria.
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  • Rudolf Likar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, General Hospital Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria
    • ,
  • Michael Stanton-Hicks, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pain Management Department, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

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doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2007.02.009

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 103-112 , April 2007

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