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The Role of Erector Spinae Block in Urological Surgeries as a Promising Alternative to Conventional Analgesia: A Prospective Observational Study Cover

The Role of Erector Spinae Block in Urological Surgeries as a Promising Alternative to Conventional Analgesia: A Prospective Observational Study

PRILOZI
Volume 46 (2025): Issue 2 (June 2025)
By: Aleksandra Gavrilovska-Brzanov,  Marija Jovanovski-Srceva,  Nikola Brzanov,  Aleksandra Panovska Petrusheva,  Ognen Ivanovski,  Aleksandar Trifunovski,  Viktor Stankov,  Martina Ambardjieva,  Marjana Burmuzoska,  Tijana Nastasovic and  Biljana Kuzamanovska  
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|Jul 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prilozi-2025-0010 | Journal eISSN: 1857-8985 | Journal ISSN: 1857-9345
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Language: English
Page range: 23 - 32
Published on: Jul 5, 2025
Published by: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Erector spine plane block,
multimodal analgesia,
urological surgeries
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Basic medical science,
History and ethics of medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Clinical medicine, other,
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Education,
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© 2025 Aleksandra Gavrilovska-Brzanov, Marija Jovanovski-Srceva, Nikola Brzanov, Aleksandra Panovska Petrusheva, Ognen Ivanovski, Aleksandar Trifunovski, Viktor Stankov, Martina Ambardjieva, Marjana Burmuzoska, Tijana Nastasovic, Biljana Kuzamanovska, published by Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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