Continuous Serratus Anterior Plane Block: A Team Approach.

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth

Division of Regional Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA. Electronic address:

Published: April 2022

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