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Peripheral Nerve Blocks in the Wrist Region

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Anatomy. (1) Ulnar nerve, (2) median nerve, (3) ulnar artery (Reproduced with permission from Danilo Jankovic)

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  1. Director of Pain Management Centre DGS – Cologne – Huerth, Luxemburger Str. 323-325, 50354, Cologne – Huerth, Germany

    Danilo Jankovic MD

  2. Department of Anesthesia, McL 2-405 Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M5T 2S8, Canada

    Philip Peng MBBS, FRCPC

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Jankovic, D., Peng, P. (2015). Peripheral Nerve Blocks in the Wrist Region. In: Regional Nerve Blocks in Anesthesia and Pain Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05131-4_35

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