Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 178-182 , July 2007

Complications of neurostimulation

  • Don M. Woods, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Donald Woods, MD, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Mather B270, 11100 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106.
    • ,
  • Salim M. Hayek, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Marshall Bedder, MD

      Affiliations

    • Coastal Pain Management and Rehabilitation, Bradenton, Florida.

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doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2007.05.012

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 178-182 , July 2007

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