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Original Research

Evaluation of Epidural Analgesia for Open Major Liver Resection Surgery from a us Inpatient Sample

Eric B. RoseroCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, MSc,
Gloria S. Cheng
, MD,
Kinnari P. Khatri
, MD &
Girish P. Joshi
, MBBS, MD
Pages 305-312 | Published online: 11 Dec 2017

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