Inadvertent intraoperative myelography with hypaque: Case report and discussion

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 70-73

  Killeffer, James A ^a   Kaufman, Howard H ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypaque; Ionic contrast media; Myelography; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEIZURE, EPILEPSY AND CONVULSION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0031008840     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(96)00156-5     Document Type: Note

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