Subdural air collection: a likely source of radicular pain after lumbar epidural

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 392-397

  Overdiek, Nicole ^a   Grisales, Dario A ^b   Gravenstein, Dietrich ^a   Bosek, Voytek ^b   Nishman, Richard ^b   Modell, Jerome H ^b   Yeager, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Regional anesthesia; Technique

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; IBUPROFEN; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AIR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0034899999     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(01)00272-0     Document Type: Note

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