Adhesive Arachnoiditis Following Percutaneous Cervical Cordotomy-May We Still Use Lipiodol?

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Lukas, Anne ^a   van der Weide, Marchien ^a   Boogerd, Willem ^a   Prevoo, Warner ^a   Zuurmond, Wouter W A ^b   Sanders, Michael ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Jan Van Goyen Clinic   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GABAPENTIN; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARACHNOIDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORDOTOMY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; LETTER; MYELOGRAPHY; PARAPLEGIA; PERCUTANEOUS CERVICAL CORDOTOMY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARACHNOIDITIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHEST PAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORDOTOMY; HUMANS; IODIZED OIL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54249151282     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.07.003     Document Type: Letter

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