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Comment
. 2022 Aug;77(8):937.
doi: 10.1111/anae.15722. Epub 2022 Mar 23.

PROSPECT guidelines no longer recommend thoracic epidural analgesia for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

T K F Chow  1
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PROSPECT guidelines no longer recommend thoracic epidural analgesia for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

T K F Chow. Anaesthesia. 2022 Aug.
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