A simple modification to the transversus abdominis plane block provides safe and effective analgesia in TRAM/DIEP flap patients

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; St. John's Hospital; Livingston, West Lothian (West) Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Leicester Royal Infirmary; Leicester, United Kingdom (Milner).

Chris West et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Sep.

. 2010 Sep;126(3):146e-147e.

doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181e3b531.

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; St. John's Hospital; Livingston, West Lothian (West) Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Leicester Royal Infirmary; Leicester, United Kingdom (Milner).

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