Is Erector Spinae Plane Block Useful in Preventing the Transition from Acute to Chronic Pain After Multiple Rib Fractures?

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¹ Department of Surgery, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Section "G.B. Morgagni-Pierantoni" Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
² Medical Diagnostic Department. Kingsbridge Private Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Emanuele Piraccini et al. Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr;48(2):168-169.

doi: 10.5152/TJAR.2019.45549. Epub 2019 Nov 18.

¹ Department of Surgery, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Section "G.B. Morgagni-Pierantoni" Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
² Medical Diagnostic Department. Kingsbridge Private Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Ultrasound-Guided Continuous Erector Spinae Plane Block in a Patient with Multiple Rib Fractures.
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