The Effects of Lumbar Sympathetic Ganglion Block in the Patients with Spinal Stenosis and the Skin Temperature Changes according to the Contrast Spread Patterns
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Hong, Ji Hee
(Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine)
Kim, Jin Mo (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine) Kim, Ae Ra (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine) Lee, Yong Chul (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine) Kim, Sae Young (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine) Kwon, Seung Ho (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine) Oh, Min Ju (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine) |
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