Chronic back pain caused by an abdominal aortic aneurysm: Case report and review of the literature

Orthopedics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-192

  Edwards, John Z ^a   Weiner, Scott D ^a  

^a SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ICE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FALLING; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG MOVEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE;

EID: 0037322281     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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