Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 199-202 , October 2008

Regional anesthesia and analgesia: prevention of chronic pain

  • Asokumar Buvanendran, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Asokumar Buvanendran, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 W. Harrison St., Ste. 550, Chicago, IL 60612

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doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2008.09.008

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 199-202 , October 2008

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