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Phrenic Nerve Blockade

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Regional Nerve Blocks in Anesthesia and Pain Therapy

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The phrenic nerve (C3, C4) receives fibers from the fourth cranial nerve and often also from the third.

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  1. Director of Pain Management Centre DGS – Cologne – Huerth, Luxemburger Str. 323-325, 50354, Cologne – Huerth, Germany

    Danilo Jankovic MD

  2. Department of Anesthesia, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, McL 2-405 Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M5T 2S8, Canada

    Philip W. H. Peng MBBS, FRCPC

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Jankovic, D., Peng, P.W.H. (2015). Phrenic Nerve Blockade. In: Regional Nerve Blocks in Anesthesia and Pain Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05131-4_9

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