Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Volume 21, Issue 5 , Pages 311-316 , October 2006

Effectiveness of Femoral Nerve Blockade for Pain Control After Total Knee Arthroplasty

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 Funding for this project was provided by the Victoria General Hospital Medical Staff Council and the Victoria General Hospital Foundation, and was also partially supported by National Science and Engineering Research Council.

PII: S1089-9472(06)00212-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jopan.2006.05.011

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
Volume 21, Issue 5 , Pages 311-316 , October 2006

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