Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 3-9 , January 2010

Radiofrequency and cryoablation for cancer pain

  • Dhanalakshmi Koyyalagunta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dhanalakshmi Koyyalagunta, MD, Department of Pain Medicine, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1400 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX-77030
    • ,
  • Danesh Mazloomdoost, MD

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PII: S1084-208X(09)00114-1

doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2009.12.001

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 3-9 , January 2010

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