Intracranial and intraspinal hemorrhage following spinal anesthesia

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 393-396

  Rocchi, Raffaele ^a   Lombardi, Carolina ^b,c   Marradi, Ilaria ^d   Di Paolo, Marco ^d   Cerase, Alfonso ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Intraventricular hemorrhage; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurological complications; Spinal anesthesia; Spinal hematoma; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PUNCTURE; RADICULAR PAIN; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349652494     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0103-1     Document Type: Article

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