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Analgesic Efficacy and Technique of Ultrasound-Guided Suprascapular Nerve Catheters after Shoulder Arthroscopy

Hesham A. Elsharkawy, Alaa A. Abd-Elsayed, Kenneth C. Cummings and Loran Mounir Soliman
Ochsner Journal June 2014, 14 (2) 259-263;
Hesham A. Elsharkawy
2Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
1Department of General Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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Alaa A. Abd-Elsayed
3Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin, School of Public Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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Kenneth C. Cummings III
2Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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Loran Mounir Soliman
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