Permanent loss of cervical spinal cord function associated with the posterior approach [10]

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 330-331

  Voermans, Nicol C ^a   Crul, Ben J ^a   De Bondt, BertJan ^b   Zwarts, Machiel J ^a   Van Engelen, Baziel G M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLIA CELL; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEEDLE; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 29844455425     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000190722.55703.61     Document Type: Letter

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