Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 148-151 , July 2007

Complications of sympathetic blocks for extremity pain

  • Michael Stanton-Hicks, MB, BS, RCGPA, Dr.med.(Düs), FFARCS (FRCA), ABPM, FIPP

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Michael Stanton-Hicks, MB, BS, RCGPA, Dr. med. (Düs), FFARCS (FRCA), ABPM, FIPP, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pain Management Department, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk C25, Cleveland, OH 44195.

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doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2007.05.007

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 148-151 , July 2007

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