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Pamela-Jane Matras
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Latest papers
Analgesic efficacy of continuous superficial parasternal intercostal plane blockade in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with median sternotomy: a randomized controlled trial.
Regional anesthesia and pain medicine · 2025
1 publications.
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Analgesic efficacy of continuous superficial parasternal intercostal plane blockade in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with median sternotomy: a randomized controlled trial.
Jen TTH, Prabhakar C, Matras PJ, Rondi K, Bruce S, Sun T, Edwards NY, Mehta S, Schwarz SKW, Chau A, Ree RM
Regional anesthesia and pain medicine2025
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