Lumbar epidural hematoma after chiropractic manipulation for lower-back pain: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Solheim, Ole ^a   Jorgensen, Jan V ^a   Nygaard, Oystein P ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epidural hematoma; Lumbar spine; Manipulation

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CHIROPRACTIC; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE RETENTION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; SPINAL HEMATOMA;

HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC;

EID: 34547631433     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000279740.61048.e2     Document Type: Article

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