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Chapter 9 - The use of ultrasound to aid local anesthetic nerve blocks in adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2017

By
Barry Nicholls ,
Stephan Kapral ,
Peter Marhofer  and
Alice Roberts
Edited by
Graham Arthurs  and
Barry Nicholls
Graham Arthurs
Affiliation:
Maelor Hospital, Wrexham
Barry Nicholls
Affiliation:
Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton
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Ultrasound in Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Management , pp. 167 - 213
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2000

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