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Kuczkowski, K.M., Kluger, N., Sleth, JC. et al. Lumbar tattoos and lumbar epidural analgesia: unresolved controversies. Can J Anesth 55, 127–128 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03016326
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