Spinal Cord Injury Produced by Direct Damage During Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Injection

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 377-379

  Lee, Jae Hyun ^a   Lee, Jung Kil ^a   Seo, Bo Ra ^a   Moon, Sung Jun ^a   Kim, Jae Hyoo ^a   Kim, Soo Han ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Complications; Epidural; Spinal cord injury; Transforaminal

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MALE; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48149086754     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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