Chronic Poststernotomy Pain: Incidence, Risk Factors, Treatment, Prevention, and the Anesthesiologist's Role

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

• Publication date

  2017-05-17

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000663PMID 28937533
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