Gadolinium enhancement of cauda equina after combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 993, 2010, Pages

  Takasu, Miyuki ^a   Okita, M ^a   Araki, T ^a   Tanitame, N ^a   Tamura, A ^a   Suwaki, N ^a   Ito, K ^b  

^a ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYRADICULOPATHY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77955988079     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/32314637     Document Type: Article

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