Symptomatic intraspinal air entrapment

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 154-156

  Uemura, Kazuya ^a   Behr, R ^a   Roosen, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Intraspinal air; Spinal cord compression; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPOMA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 0034102118     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690050004642     Document Type: Article

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