Spinal artery syndrome masked by postoperative epidural analgesia

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1178-1181

  Linz, Stephan M ^a   Charbonnet, Christopher ^a   Mikhail, Maged S ^a   Vadehra, Nippon ^a   Zelman, Vladimir ^a   Katz, Ronald L ^a   Thangathurai, Duraiyah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METASTASIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SYNDROME; TESTIS CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031449930     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03013341     Document Type: Article

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