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Ultrasound-guided forearm nerve blocks in managing hand and finger injuries

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona, PO Box 245057, Tucson, AZ, 85724-5057, USA

    Rebecca Milligan, Stephen Houmes, Lisa C. Goldberg & Richard Amini

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Alameda Health System, Highland Hospital, Oakland, CA, USA

    Arun Nagdev

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Milligan, R., Houmes, S., Goldberg, L.C. et al. Ultrasound-guided forearm nerve blocks in managing hand and finger injuries. Intern Emerg Med 12, 381–385 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-017-1635-7

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