Anesth Pain Med.  2023 Jul;18(3):325-326. 10.17085/apm.23050.

Inter-transverse process blocks: caution about difference in methods

• Sethuraman RM

• KMID: 2547043
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.17085/apm.23050

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