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Comment on: “Ultrasound-Guided External Oblique Intercostal Plane Block for Postoperative Analgesia in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: a Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Patient and Observer-Blinded Study”

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Kurupelit, Samsun, TR55139, Turkey

    Cengiz Kaya, Elif Ozel Sarikaya & Halil Cebeci

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Kaya, C., Sarikaya, E.O. & Cebeci, H. Comment on: “Ultrasound-Guided External Oblique Intercostal Plane Block for Postoperative Analgesia in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: a Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Patient and Observer-Blinded Study”. OBES SURG (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-024-07247-9

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