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One of the purposes of this monographic study was to commemorate, at a distance of about a century, the first brachial plexus blocks, namely Kulenkampff’s supraclavicular block and Hirschel’s axillary block.
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Bosco, M., Clemente, A. (2014). Axillary Brachial Plexus Block. In: Alemanno, F., Bosco, M., Barbati, A. (eds) Anesthesia of the Upper Limb. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5418-9_10
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