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Benedikt Büttner, Ashham Mansur, Matthias Kalmbach, José Hinz, Thomas Volk, Karoly Szalai, Markus Roessler, Ingo Bergmann
Prehospital ultrasound-guided nerve blocks improve reduction-feasibility of dislocated extremity injuries compared to systemic analgesia. A randomized controlled trial
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