Spinal cord injury following an attempted thoracic epidural

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 990-994

  Mayall, M F ^a,b   Calder, I ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques; regional, thoracic epidural, epidural Complications; haematoma, spinal cord trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0032862938     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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