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Use of Regional Blockade to Facilitate Inpatient Rehabilitation of Recalcitrant Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

  • Alexios G. Carayannopoulos, DO, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Clinic, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 02142⁎
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: A.G.C.
    • ,
  • Joseph P. Cravero, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH⁎
    • ,
  • Michelle T. Stinson, PT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH⁎
    • ,
  • Brian D. Sites, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH⁎

Received 30 April 2008 ,Accepted 12 November 2008.

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