Cervical epidural hematoma after chiropractic manipulation in a healthy young woman: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1043-1045

  Segal, David H ^a   Lidov, Mika W ^a   Camins, Martin B ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical manipulation; Epidural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHIROPRACTIC; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029805862     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199611000-00034     Document Type: Article

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