Epidural haematoma after lumbar disc surgery causing radiculopathy

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1239-1240

  Lagares, A ^a   Gonzalez P ^a   Rivas, J J ^a   Lobato, R D ^a   Ramos, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SPINE SURGERY;

AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION;

EID: 0032716695     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050426     Document Type: Article

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