Focal myelomalacia and syrinx formation after accidental intramedullary lidocaine injection during lumbar anesthesia: A report of 3 cases

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 70-72

  Pradhan, Sunil ^a   Yadav, Ramakant ^a   Maurya, Pradeep Kumar ^a   Mishra, Vijay Nath ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Complications; Lumbar anesthesia; Lumbar puncture; Myelomalacia; Spinal cord injury; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATOME; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FOCAL MYELOMALACIA; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE EXTRAVASATION; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AMINES; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CARBAMAZEPINE; CESAREAN SECTION; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LIDOCAINE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 33751234478     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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