Iatrogenic spinal epidural abscess

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-118

  Chan, Y C ^a,c   Dasey, N ^b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Epidural abscessa; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Spinal anesthesia

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248377255     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2007.11680027     Document Type: Review

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