A rare case of paraplegia complicating a lumbar epidural infiltration;Un cas rare de paraplégie compliquant une infiltration épidurale lombaire par voie interépineuse.

Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 575-583

  Thefenne, L ^a   Dubecq, C ^b   Zing, E ^b   Rogez, D ^b   Soula, M ^b   Escobar, E ^b   Defuentes, G ^b   Lapeyre, E ^b   Berets, O ^b  

^a LAVERAN MILITARY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PERCY MILITARY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Complications; Corticosteroids; Degenerative disc disease; Epidural injection; Low back pain; Medullary ischemia; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; CORTICOSTEROID; OXYBUTYNIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TAMSULOSIN;

ABNORMAL SENSATION; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLADDER COMPLIANCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONUS MEDULLARIS; CONVALESCENCE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FAINTNESS; FLUSHING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REHABILITATION CENTER; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; THORACIC SPINE; URODYNAMICS; WALKING;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTERIES; EMBOLISM; FLUSHING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PARAPLEGIA; PREDNISOLONE; RADICULOPATHY; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA;

EID: 78649712272     PISSN: 18770657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2010.08.029     Document Type: Article

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