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The role of ultrasound guidance in pediatric caudal block

Koray Erbüyün, Barış Açıkgöz, Gülay Ok, Ömer Yılmaz, Gökhan Temeltaş, İdil Tekin and Demet Tok
Saudi Medical Journal February 2016, 37 (2) 147-150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.2.13501
Koray Erbüyün
From the Departments of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Erbüyün, Açıkgöz, Ok, Tekin, Tok), Pediatric Surgery (Yılmaz), and Urology (Temeltaş), Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
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Barış Açıkgöz
From the Departments of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Erbüyün, Açıkgöz, Ok, Tekin, Tok), Pediatric Surgery (Yılmaz), and Urology (Temeltaş), Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
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Gülay Ok
From the Departments of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Erbüyün, Açıkgöz, Ok, Tekin, Tok), Pediatric Surgery (Yılmaz), and Urology (Temeltaş), Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
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Ömer Yılmaz
From the Departments of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Erbüyün, Açıkgöz, Ok, Tekin, Tok), Pediatric Surgery (Yılmaz), and Urology (Temeltaş), Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
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Gökhan Temeltaş
From the Departments of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Erbüyün, Açıkgöz, Ok, Tekin, Tok), Pediatric Surgery (Yılmaz), and Urology (Temeltaş), Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
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İdil Tekin
From the Departments of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Erbüyün, Açıkgöz, Ok, Tekin, Tok), Pediatric Surgery (Yılmaz), and Urology (Temeltaş), Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
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Demet Tok
From the Departments of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Erbüyün, Açıkgöz, Ok, Tekin, Tok), Pediatric Surgery (Yılmaz), and Urology (Temeltaş), Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
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Koray Erbüyün, Barış Açıkgöz, Gülay Ok, Ömer Yılmaz, Gökhan Temeltaş, İdil Tekin, Demet Tok
Saudi Medical Journal Feb 2016, 37 (2) 147-150; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2016.2.13501

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