Neurological deficit following spinal anaesthesia: MRI and CT evidence of spinal cord gas embolism

Neuroradiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 275-278

  Tedeschi, E ^a,b   Marano, I ^a   Savarese, F ^a   Olibet, G ^a   Di Salvo, E ^a   Brunetti, A ^a   Sodano, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Parco Comola Ricci   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, spinal; Gas, intramedullary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GAS EMBOLISM; HUMAN; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; EDEMA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032933240     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050747     Document Type: Article

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