Nontraumatic acute spinal subdural hematoma: Report of five cases and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1999, Pages 65-73

  Domenicucci, Maurizio ^a,b   Ramieri, Alessandro ^a   Ciappetta, Pasquale ^a   Delfini, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Hematoma; Intradural; Spinal cord compression; Spinal puncture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MYELOGRAPHY; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PARAPLEGIA; PARESIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032744842     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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