Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 99-107 , March 2007

Postoperative pain management and outcome after surgery

  • Francis Bonnet (Professor and Chairman)

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 156016571; Fax: +33 156017007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2006.12.007

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 99-107 , March 2007

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