Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 57-63 , January 2008

Paravertebral analgesia for cardiac surgery

  • Christopher C. Harle, FRCA
    • ,
  • Su Ganapathy, FRCA, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Su Ganapathy, FRCA, FRCPC, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London Health Sciences Centre–University Hospital, 339 Windermere Road, London, Ontario, N6A 5A5 Canada.

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PII: S1084-208X(07)00093-6

doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2007.10.009

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 57-63 , January 2008

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