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Review
. 2019 Sep;19(9):276-282.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2019.05.001. Epub 2019 Jul 6.

Perineural adjuncts for peripheral nerve block

N Desai  1 , E Albrecht  2 , K El-Boghdadly  1
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Review

Perineural adjuncts for peripheral nerve block

N Desai et al. BJA Educ. 2019 Sep.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

E.A. has received grants from the Swiss Academy for Anaesthesia Research, B. Braun Medical AG, and the Swiss National Science Foundation to support his clinical research. He has further received an honorarium from B. Braun Medical AG. N.D. and K.E. declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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