Cerebellar and brainstem infarction as a complication of CT-guided transforaminal cervical nerve root block

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 449-452

  Suresh, S ^a   Berman, J ^a   Connell, David A ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brainstem infarction; Cervical root block; CT guided

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SPINAL ROOT; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947653741     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-006-0215-0     Document Type: Article

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