Intradural migration of broken IDET catheter causing a radiculopathy

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-187

  Orr, R Douglas ^a   Thomas, Santhosh A ^a  

^a Lutheran Hospital Cleveland   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter breakage; Complications; Intradiscal electrodermal therapy; Migration

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTRADISKAL ELECTROTHERMAL THERAPY; INTRADISKAL ELECTROTHERMAL THERAPY CATHETER; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERIZATION; DURA MATER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION; SCIATICA; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SUBDURAL SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17044393574     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000164732.24906.e2     Document Type: Article

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