Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 203-208 , October 2008

Does regional anesthesia improve long-term patient outcome?

  • Fernande Lois, MD
    • ,
  • Marc De Kock, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Marc De Kock, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, Université Catholique de Louvain, 10-1821 Av Hippocrate, 1200 Brussels, Belgium

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PII: S1084-208X(08)00047-5

doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2008.09.006

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 203-208 , October 2008

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