Regional anesthesia in complex pediatric patients: advances in opioid-sparing analgesia.

Can J Anaesth

Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.

Published: June 2024

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