Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 133-136 , July 2009

Ultrasound-guided cervical facet intra-articular injection

  • Samer Narouze, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Samer Narouze, MD, MSc, Pain Management Department, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave, C25, Cleveland, OH 44195
    • ,
  • Amaresh Vydyanathan, MD, MS

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PII: S1084-208X(09)00050-0

doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2009.07.001

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 133-136 , July 2009

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