Spontaneous spinal epidural haematoma in a geriatric patient on aspirin

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 142-144

  Dimou, James ^a   Jithoo, Rondhir ^a   Morokoff, Andrew ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Cauda equina syndrome; Elderly; Spontaneous spinal epidural haematoma

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL HEMATOMA; SPONTANEOUS SPINAL EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPIRIN; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPARESIS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POLYRADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72449193076     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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