Combined sciatic and femoral nerve blocks for infrainguinal arterial bypass surgery: a case series.

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, Saint Joseph University, School of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon.

Published: April 2005

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