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Failure of lipid emulsion to reverse neurotoxicity after an ultrasound-guided axillary block with ropivacaine and mepivacaine

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  1. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen, Rouen University Hospital, 1 rue de Germont, 76031, Rouen CEDEX, France

    Emile Calenda

  2. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Fort-de-France, Fort-de-France CEDEX, Martinique

    Stelian A. Dinescu

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Calenda, E., Dinescu, S.A. Failure of lipid emulsion to reverse neurotoxicity after an ultrasound-guided axillary block with ropivacaine and mepivacaine. J Anesth 23, 472–473 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-009-0755-2

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