Epidural hematoma after epidural block: Implications for its use in pain management

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 235-240

  Stoll, Amos ^a,b   Sanchez, Modesto ^a  

^a Broward General Medical Center   (United States)

^b FACS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain management; Complications of spinal puncture; Epidural anesthesia; Epidural steroid block; Spinal epidural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PUNCTURE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; BROWN-SEQUARD SYNDROME; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; NECK PAIN; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STEROIDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036281310     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(02)00639-0     Document Type: Article

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