Spinal cord injury in a child caused by an accidental dural puncture with a single-shot thoracic epidural needle

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-67

  Kasai, Toshihiro ^a   Yaegashi, K ^a   Hirose, M ^a   Tanaka, Y ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; DURA MATER; EDEMA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEEDLES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0037221553     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200301000-00014     Document Type: Article

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