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. 2025 Aug 29;142(2):425-428.
doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007702. Online ahead of print.

Regional Analgesia Through Posterior Quadratus Lumborum Block in Laparoscopic and Robot-Assisted Nephrectomies: A Retrospective Observational Study

Martin Dupuis  1 , Alexia Bacci  1 , Anaïs Adolle  1 , Dimitri Sourd  2 , Antoine Vilotitch  2 , Pierre Bouzat  1   3
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Regional Analgesia Through Posterior Quadratus Lumborum Block in Laparoscopic and Robot-Assisted Nephrectomies: A Retrospective Observational Study

Martin Dupuis et al. Anesth Analg. .
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Means and 95% confidence interval of morphine consumption at 8, 24, 48 h after surgery. H8 indicates 8 h after surgery; H24, 24 h after surgery; H48, 48 h after surgery; QLB, quadratus lumborum block; no LRA, absence of locoregional, analgesia; TAP, transversus abdominis block.
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