Epidural abscess - Early magnetic resonance imaging detection and conservative therapy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1069-1071

  Wang, Jeffrey S ^a   Fellows, David G ^a   Vakharia, Shermeen ^a   Rosenbaum, Arthur E ^a   Sebastian Thomas, P ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; WOUND DRAINAGE;

EID: 0029988713     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199605000-00034     Document Type: Article

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