A case of acute cervical epidural abscess

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1089-1093

  Matsuda, Ryosuke ^a   Nakase, Hiroyuki ^a   Park, Young Su ^a   Sakaki, Toshisuke ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical; Epidural abscess; Infection; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANESTHESIA (SENSORY DYSFUNCTION); ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL PAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 29344469795     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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