Radiculopathy after lumbar discectomy due to intraspinal retained Surgicel: clinical and magnetic resonance imaging evaluation

Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 455-458

  Partheni, Melpomeni ^a   Kalogheropoulou, Christina ^a   Karageorgos, Nikolaos ^a   Panagiotopoulos, Vasilios ^a   Voulgaris, Spyridon ^a   Tzortzidis, Fotios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Oxidized cellulose; Postoperative complications; Spinal surgery; Surgicel

Indexed keywords

HEMOSTATIC AGENT; OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTERVIEW; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 33745489611     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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