Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 227-233 , February 2003

Three-in-one femoral nerve block as analgesia for fractured neck of femur in the emergency department: A randomized, controlled trial

Received 27 February 2002 ,Revised 18 August 2002 ,Accepted 26 August 2002.

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☆ Address for reprints: Alan Fletcher, MRCP(UK), Department of Emergency Medicine, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield, United Kingdom S5 7AU; +44 0114 2714741, fax +44 0114 2560472; E-mail alan-fletcher@supanet.com.

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doi: 10.1067/mem.2003.51

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 227-233 , February 2003

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