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Commentary

Cannabis, Anesthesia and Acute Postoperative Pain: Known and Unknown

Evgeny Bulat1 Department of Anesthesiology, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY 10065, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8444-0067
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Rohan Jotwani1 Department of Anesthesiology, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY 10065, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7605-1312
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Roniel Weinberg2 Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY10065, USA
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Michael A Akerman2 Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY10065, USA
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Robert S White2 Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY10065, USA
Pages 341-346 | Received 12 Nov 2020, Accepted 08 Feb 2021, Published online: 02 Mar 2021

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