Fatal ischemia stroke in a patient with an asymptomatic carotid artery occlusion after lumbar spine surgery - A case report

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-182

  Wang, Liang Chieh ^a   Liou, Jiin Tarng ^a   Liu, Fu Chao ^a   Hsu, Jee Ching ^a   Lui, Ping Wing ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Cerebral infarction; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INDUCED HYPOTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUMBAR SPINE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 5744253296     PISSN: 02541319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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