Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 117-120 , July 2009

Ultrasound-guided transversus abdominus plan block for the management of abdominal pain: An alternative to differential epidural block

  • Loran Mounir Soliman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Loran Mounir Soliman, MD, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue/E-31, Cleveland, OH 44195
    • ,
  • Samer Narouze, MD, MSc

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PII: S1084-208X(09)00032-9

doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2009.06.004

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 117-120 , July 2009

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