Epidural blood patch therapy for chronic whiplash-associated disorder

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 809-814

  Ishikawa, Shinichi ^a,b   Yokoyama, Masataka ^b   Mizobuchi, Satoshi ^b   Hashimoto, Hidenori ^a   Moriyama, Eiji ^c   Morita, Kiyoshi ^b  

^a Fukuyama Kohnan Hospital   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION FUKUYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHRONIC WHIPLASH ASSOCIATED DISORDER; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADULT; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CISTERNA MAGNA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENTETIC ACID; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 34548140148     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000271922.04981.33     Document Type: Article

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