Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 142-149 , July 2009

Ultrasound-guided thoracic paravertebral block

  • Manoj K. Karmakar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Manoj K. Karmakar, MD, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China

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 Financial support: This work was locally funded by the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.

PII: S1084-208X(09)00048-2

doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2009.06.020

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 142-149 , July 2009

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