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Review
. 2014 Sep;119(3):740-744.
doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000245.

Does regional analgesia for major surgery improve outcome? Focus on epidural analgesia

Fabian O Kooij  1 , Wolfgang S Schlack, Benedikt Preckel, Markus W Hollmann
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Review

Does regional analgesia for major surgery improve outcome? Focus on epidural analgesia

Fabian O Kooij et al. Anesth Analg. 2014 Sep.
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