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Peripheral nerve blocks are not associated with increased risk of perioperative peripheral nerve injury in a Veterans Affairs inpatient surgical population

M. Yajnik, Alex Kou, Seshadri C. Mudumbai, Tessa L. Walters, Steven K. Howard, T Edward Kim, Edward R. Mariano

Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine · 2019 · 10 citations · 16 references

Abstract

The incidence of new perioperative PNI for VA surgical inpatients is 1.2% and the use of peripheral nerve blocks is not an independent risk factor.

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