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Epidural analgesia improves outcome after multiple rib fractures
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bulger, E. M., Edwards, T., Klotz, P., & Jurkovich, G. J.
- Venue
- Surgery
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2004-08
- Volume
- 136
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 426-430
- ISSN
- 0039-6060 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2009101536
- Cited by
- 332
- References
- 8
- FWCI
- 5.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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