Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 171-177 , July 2007

Complications of head and neck procedures

  • Samer Narouze, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Samer N. Narouze, MD, MSc, Pain Management Department/C25, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44195.

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doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2007.05.011

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 171-177 , July 2007

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