Delayed cervical epidural hemorrhage associated with silastic dural implant: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 943-945

  Gouda, Jan J ^a   Brown, Jeffrey A ^a   Brinker, Ray A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cicatrix; Silastic; Silicone; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; REOPERATION; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0030827214     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199710000-00033     Document Type: Article

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