Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 320-322 , August 2007

Regional anaesthesia for caesarean section and what to do when it fails

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PII: S1472-0299(07)00128-2

doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.05.005

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 320-322 , August 2007