Keywords
- Regional anesthesia complications
- Spinal hematoma
- Epidural Abscess
- Thrombosis prophylaxis
- Nordic Countries
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Pitkänen, M.T. (2017). Nordic Countries: Principles of Safe Practice in Local and Regional Anesthesia. In: Finucane, B., Tsui, B. (eds) Complications of Regional Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49386-2_30
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