Postoperative lumbar epidural hematoma: Does size really matter?

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-119

  Sokolowski, Mark J ^a   Garvey, Timothy A ^b   Perl, John ^c   Sokolowski, Margaret S ^d   Akesen, Burak ^b   Mehbod, Amir A ^b   Mullaney, Kevin J ^b   Dykes, Daryll C ^b   Transfeldt, Ensor E ^b  

^a Trinity Orthopaedics   (United States)

^b TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^c ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cauda equina syndrome; Hematoma volume; Lumbar spine; Postoperative epidural hematoma; Thecal sac compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION;

AGED; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POLYRADICULOPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 37649005780     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31815e3a26     Document Type: Article

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