Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis as a complication of a microendoscopic discectomy

European Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 72-73

  Sommerstein, R ^a,c   Jung, H H ^b   Knoblauch, C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Urology Hospital of the Canton of Zug   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LETTER; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MICROENDOSCOPIC DISCECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTURAL HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DISKECTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; FACTOR V; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78651571872     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323349     Document Type: Letter

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