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Nerve-stimulator-guided repeated pudendal nerve block for treatment of pudendal neuralgia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2006

M. Z. Naja
Affiliation:
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Department, Makassed General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
M. A. Al-Tannir
Affiliation:
Research Department, Makassed General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
H. Maaliki
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Sahel General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
M. El-Rajab
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Makassed General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
M. F. Ziade
Affiliation:
Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
A. Zeidan
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Sahel General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
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2006 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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