Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma: analysis of 23 cases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-260

  Liu, Zhan ^a   Jiao, Qingfang ^a   Xu, Jianguo ^a   Wang, Xiang ^a   Li, Sanzhong ^a   You, Chao ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Preoperative interval; Spinal edema; Spinal epidural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL HEMATOMA; SPINE SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39749087596     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.02.019     Document Type: Article

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