Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 141-147 , July 2007

Complications of joint, tendon, and muscle injections

  • Jianguo Cheng, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Comprehensive Pain Management, Department of Pain Management, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Jianguo Cheng, MD, PhD, Department of Pain Management/C25, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44295.
    • ,
  • Salahadin Abdi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.

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doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2007.05.006

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 141-147 , July 2007

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