Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 199-201 , January 1999

Use of continuous retropleural bupivacaine in postoperative pain management for pediatric thoracotomy

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☆ Presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, Hilton Head, South Carolina, May 10–13, 1998.

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Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 199-201 , January 1999

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