Ultrasound-Guided Fascial Plane Blocks of the Thorax: Pectoral I and II, Serratus Anterior Plane, and Erector Spinae Plane Blocks.

Adv Anesth

Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.

Published: December 2019


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