Magnetic resonance imaging-monitored conservative management of traumatic spinal epidural hematomas: Report of four cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1999, Pages 128-132

  La Rosa, Giovanni ^a   D'Avella, Domenico ^a   Conti, Alfredo ^a   Cardali, Salvatore ^a   La Torre, Domenico ^a   Cacciola, Fabio ^a   Longo, Marcello ^a   Tomasello, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservative management; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord injury; Spinal epidural hematoma

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BED REST; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032722146     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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