Phrenic nerve palsy following coracoid infraclavicular brachial plexus block
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515 Received: May 19, 2009. Revised: May 28, 2009. Accepted: June 8, 2009. Corresponding author: Jeong Uk Han, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inha University Hospital, 7-206, Sinheung-dong 3ga, Jung-gu, Incheon 400-711, Korea. Tel: 82-32-890-3968, Fax: 82-32-8812477, E-mail: [email protected] Copyright c Korean Society of Anesthesiologists, 2009 cc This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Phrenic nerve palsy following coracoid infraclavicular brachial plexus block
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