Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 155-157 , October 2011

Implementing and managing intrathecal pumps

  • Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, University at Buffalo and Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263

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PII: S1084-208X(11)00093-0

doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2011.10.004

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 155-157 , October 2011

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