Epidural Hematoma after Epidural Anesthesia in a Patient with Peripheral Vascular Disease

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 342-346

  Martinez Palli G ^a   Sala Blanch, X ^a   Salvado E ^a   Acosta, M ^a   Nalda, M A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidural anesthesia; Epidural hematoma; Heparin; Revascularization; Urokinase

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEMATOMA; HEPARIN; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LAMINECTOMY; LEG; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 0029814638     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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