Cauda equina syndrome post-caesarean section

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-220

  Chow, Jason ^a   Chen, Kenneth ^b   Sen, Rahul ^a   Stanford, Ralph ^b   Lowe, Sandra ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Cauda equina syndrome; Intervertebral disc displacement; Obstetric anaesthesia; Obstetric delivery; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; POLYRADICULOPATHY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 41149087191     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2008.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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