Surgical treatment of spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma: A 5-year experience - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 480-486

  Liao, Cheng Chih ^a   Hsieh, Po Chuan ^a   Lin, Tzu Kang ^a   Lin, Chih Lung ^a   Lo, Yang Lan ^a   Lee, Sai Cheung ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Decompressive surgery; Evacuation; Spinal cord; Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL HEMATOMA; SPINE SURGERY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349645348     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.4.SPINE08904     Document Type: Article

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