Effective but near disastrous subarachnoid neurolysis for mechanical root pain in a paraplegic cancer patient

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-249

  Garcia, Ed ^a   Patt, Richard B ^b   Ginsberg, Lawrence E ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Paraplegia; Subarachnoid (intrathecal) neurolysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0029841646     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-199609000-00012     Document Type: Article

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