Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 194-198 , October 2008

The role of regional anesthesia in patient outcome: ambulatory surgery

  • Xavier Capdevila, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Montpellier I University and Montpellier University Hospital, Institut National de la Sante′ et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Equipe soutenue par la Région et l'Inserm (ERI)-25, Montpellier, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Xavier Capdevila, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology (DAR A), Lapeyronie University Hospital, Route de Ganges, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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  • Matthieu Ponrouch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Lapeyronie University Hospital, Montpellier, France
    • ,
  • Didier Morau, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Lapeyronie University Hospital, Montpellier, France

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PII: S1084-208X(08)00045-1

doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2008.09.004

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 194-198 , October 2008

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