Can fetus feel pain in the second trimester? Lessons learned from a sentinel event

February 2018, Volume 34, Issue 2, pp 195–196 | Cite as

Letter to the Editor

First Online: 16 December 2017

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Notes

This study was funded by departmental resources.

Neurosurgical Program for OPS was approved by Local (Hospital) and (Regional) Andalusian Health System Ethical Committees in August 2007.

No conflict of interest.

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1.Pediatric Anesthesia Department, Children HospitalUniversity Hospitals Virgen del RocioSevilleSpain
2.Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children HospitalUniversity Hospitals Virgen del RocioSevilleSpain
3.Group of Interdisciplinary Physics Engineering SchoolUniversity of SevilleSevilleSpain