Migration of pacemaker lead into the spinal venous plexus: Case report with special reference to Batson's theory of spinal metastasis

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 413-416

  Öge, H Kamil ^a,b   Aydin, S ^a   Cagavi F ^a   Benli, K ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Foreign body migration; Spinal metastases; Spinal venous flow

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMORAL VEIN; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL NERVES; VEINS;

EID: 0035017015     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010170098     Document Type: Article

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