Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , February 2010

Comfort and satisfaction during axillary brachial plexus block in trauma patients: comparison of techniques

Received 21 January 2008 ,Revised 2 February 2009 ,Accepted 2 February 2009.

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☆ Presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology, ie, Euroanaesthesia 2006, Madrid, Spain, June 3-6.

PII: S0952-8180(09)00339-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2009.02.010

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , February 2010

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