Bilateral chronic subdural hematomas with neurologic symptoms complicating spinal anesthesia

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 347-350

  Slowinski, Jerzy ^a   Szydlik, Wieslaw ^a   Sanetra, Agata ^b   Kaminska, Irena ^a   Mrowka, Ryszard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b Provincial Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Neurologic complications; Spinal anesthesia; Subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

EID: 0043208701     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-7339(03)00180-9     Document Type: Article

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