Delayed symptoms of cerebrospinal fluid leak following lumbar decompression

Orthopedics

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 816-

  Brookfield, Kathleen ^a   Randolph, John ^a   Eismont, Frank ^a   Brown, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; URINARY HESITANCY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TIME;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 64949109955     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20080801-02     Document Type: Article

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