title: Regional block anesthesia for mastectomy: a community hospital experience.
abstract: This report describes a community hospital experience with regional anesthesia for mastectomy. The authors believe this is a modality deserving of wider application. This report is intended to illuminate the benefits of the approach.
authors.affiliation: Ocala Regional Medical Center and West Marion Community Hospital, Ocala, Florida, USA. neustein3@netscape.net
authors.forename: Charles L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Neustein
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Turner
mesh_terms: D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction / Q000379:methods*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods*; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome