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Use of Local Anesthetics in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Therapy

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Local anesthetics produce reversible blockage of sodium channels in the nerve cell membrane, thereby interrupting stimulus conduction.

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

    Danilo Jankovic MD

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Jankovic, D. (2015). Use of Local Anesthetics in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Therapy. In: Regional Nerve Blocks in Anesthesia and Pain Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05131-4_1

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