Cervical epidural hematoma without fracture in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis: A case report

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-94

  Perez Lopez C ^a   Isla, A ^a   Gomez Sierra A ^a   Budke, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Epidural hematoma; Spinal fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 8444238192     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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