The risk of paraplegia through medical treatment

Spinal Cord

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 172-182

  Bacher, T ^a   Schiltenwolf, M ^b   Niethard, F U ^c   Paeslack, V ^b  

^a Sporthilfe eV Krankhs fur S   (Germany)

^b Stift Orthopadische U   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiography; Aortic surgery; Laminectomy; Paraplegia; Radiomyelopathy; Spondylolesis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRONCHIAL ARTERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISCHEMIA; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPONDYLODESIS; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASCULAR SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0032985923     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100766     Document Type: Article

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