Recurrent sciatica due to periligamentous trapped epidural gas after spinal sequestrectomy: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-77

  Capelle, Hans Holger ^a   Krauss, Joachim K ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disc herniation; Gas; Lumbar spine; Sequestrectomy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADICULAR PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPONDYLOSIS; EPIDURAL SPACE; GAS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY;

EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; SCIATICA;

EID: 33644928053     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.4.1.75     Document Type: Article

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