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Original article

• Effect of Postoperative Epidural Analgesia on Morbidity and Mortality After Total Hip Replacement Surgery in Medicare Patients (1 July, 2003)

  Christopher L. Wu, Gerard F. Anderson, Robert Herbert, Steven A. Lietman, Lee A. Fleisher
• Topical Amitriptyline in Healthy Volunteers (1 July, 2003)

  Peter Gerner, Grace Kao, Venkatesh Srinivasa, Sanjeet Narang, Ging Kuo. Wang
• Levobupivacaine Versus Ropivacaine for Sciatic Nerve Block in the Rat (1 July, 2003)

  Catherine J. Sinnott, Gary R. Strichartz
• Transdiscal Approach for Hypogastric Plexus Block (1 July, 2003)

  Serdar Erdine, Aysen Yucel, Mehmet Celik, Gul K. Talu
• Comparison of Continuous 3-in-1 and Fascia Iliaca Compartment Blocks for Postoperative Analgesia: Feasibility, Catheter Migration, Distribution of Sensory Block, and Analgesic Efficacy (1 July, 2003)

  Didier Morau, Sandrine Lopez, Philippe Biboulet, Nathalie Bernard, Julien Amar, Xavier Capdevila
• Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Descriptive Analysis of Patients Seen in Pain Clinics (1 July, 2003)

  C Lázaro, X Caseras, J. E. Baños, and the Catalonian Group for the Study of Postherpetic Neuralgia
• Regional Anesthesia in Austere Environments (1 July, 2003)

  Chester C. Buckenmaier, Evan H. Lee, Cynthia H. Shields, John B. Sampson, John H. Chiles
• Near-Total Esophagectomy: The Influence of Standardized Multimodal Management and Intraoperative Fluid Restriction (1 July, 2003)

  Joseph M. Neal, Robert T. Wilcox, Hugh W. Allen, Donald E. Low