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Ultrasound-guided subcostal-posterior transversus abdominis plane block for pain control following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

Dilek E. Arı, Arzu Y. Ar, Ceren Ş. Karip, Ceren Köksal, Mehmet T. Aydın, Mustafa Gazi and Fatmanur Akgün
Saudi Medical Journal December 2017, 38 (12) 1224-1229; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.12.21133
Dilek E. Arı
From the Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Ari, Ar, Karip, Köksal, Gazi, Akgün), and the Department of General Surgery (Aydın), Fatih Sultan Mehmet Educational and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Arzu Y. Ar
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Ceren Ş. Karip
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Ceren Köksal
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Mehmet T. Aydın
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Mustafa Gazi
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Fatmanur Akgün
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Dilek E. Arı, Arzu Y. Ar, Ceren Ş. Karip, Ceren Köksal, Mehmet T. Aydın, Mustafa Gazi, Fatmanur Akgün
Saudi Medical Journal Dec 2017, 38 (12) 1224-1229; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2017.12.21133

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Dilek E. Arı, Arzu Y. Ar, Ceren Ş. Karip, Ceren Köksal, Mehmet T. Aydın, Mustafa Gazi, Fatmanur Akgün
Saudi Medical Journal Dec 2017, 38 (12) 1224-1229; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2017.12.21133
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