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Pre-emptive analgesia produced by interscalene blockade. What failed: the block or the methods?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2005

S. Blumenthal ,
M. Nadig  and
A. Borgeat
S. Blumenthal
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
M. Nadig
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
A. Borgeat
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 20 , Issue 11 , November 2003 , pp. 933 - 934
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2003 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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