The combination of erector spinae plane block and pectoralis blocks could avoid general anesthesia for radical mastectomy in high risk patients.

Minerva Anestesiol

Section of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

Published: December 2018

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