Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 31-49 , March 2007

Useful adjuvants for postoperative pain management

  • Asokumar Buvanendran, MD (Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Director of Orthopedic Anesthesia)

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  • Jeffrey S. Kroin, PhD (Professor of Anesthesiology)

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