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Abbreviations
- ASIS:
-
Anterior Superior Iliac Spine
- ED50 :
-
Median effective dose
- LA:
-
Local anesthetic
- TAP:
-
Transversus abdominis plane
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Griffiths, J.D., Hebbard, P.D. (2017). Abdominal Wall Blocks: Safe Practice and Management of Adverse Events. In: Finucane, B., Tsui, B. (eds) Complications of Regional Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49386-2_13
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