Paraplegia complicating selective steroid injections of the lumbar spine. Report of five cases and review of the literature

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 181-189

  Wybier, Marc ^a   Gaudart, Sandrine ^b   Petrover, David ^a   Houdart, Emmanuel ^a   Laredo, Jean Denis ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Spinal cord injury; Spine; Steroids complications; Therapeutic radiology

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; STEROIDS;

EID: 76949095190     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1539-7     Document Type: Article

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