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. 2020 Spring;58(2):34-41.
doi: 10.1097/AIA.0000000000000270.

Opioid-free and opioid-sparing anesthesia

Eric Y Siu  1 , Tiffany S Moon
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Opioid-free and opioid-sparing anesthesia

Eric Y Siu et al. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2020 Spring.
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