Recovery after high-dose methylprednisolone and delayed evacuation: A case of spinal epidural hematoma

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 323-328

  Ghaly, Ramsis F ^a  

^a Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical steroid injection; Methylprednisolone; Pain management; Spinal cord injury; Spinal epidural hematoma

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BROWN-SEQUARD SYNDROME; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034763676     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008506-200110000-00008     Document Type: Article

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