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Spinal Sonography for Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Neuraxial Anesthesia
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Ultrasound Gel versus Saline for Acoustic Coupling in Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia: A Randomized,
Garrett W Burnett1, Amar Bhavsar1,2, Stephanie Hojsak1
1From the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|May 23, 2025
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