A New Anterior Approach for Fluoroscopy-guided Suprascapular Nerve Block - A Preliminary Report -
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Kang, Sang-Soo
(Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine)
Jung, Jae-Woo (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) Song, Chang-Keun (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) Yoon, Young-Jun (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) Shin, Keun-Man (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) |
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