Lumbar disc excision and cesarean delivery during the same anesthesia: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2030-2032

  Brown, Mark D ^a   Brookfield, Kathleen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CESAREAN SECTION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 4544241449     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200409000-00023     Document Type: Article

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