Complications of lumbar puncture with injection of hydrosoluble material

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 168-171

  Hoeffel, Christine ^a   Gaucher, Hubert ^b   Chevrot, Alain ^a   Hoeffel, Jean Claude ^a,b  

^a Institut Cochin   (France)

^b Ctr Hospitalier Univ de Nancy   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemorrhage; Chemical meningitis; Hydrosoluble material, injection; Lumbar puncture, complications

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; METRIZAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION LOSS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGITIS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033497583     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-199904000-00016     Document Type: Article

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