Air Myelopathy Following a Cervical Epidural Injection

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1678-1679

  Mehta, Sonal ^a   Khalil, Al Amin ^b   Alshekhlee, Amer ^a  

^a Neurological Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Air Myelopathy; Epidural (injection Space)

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; AIR MYELOPATHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

EID: 78149248876     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00971.x     Document Type: Article

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