Subdural spread of injected local anesthetic in a selective transforaminal cervical nerve root block: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tofuku, Katsuhiro ^a   Koga, Hiroaki ^a   Komiya, Setsuro ^b  

^a Imakiire General Hospital   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; NERVE BLOCK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RADICULOGRAPHY; SELECTIVE TRANSFORAMINAL CERVICAL NERVE ROOT BLOCK; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 84861670674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-6-142     Document Type: Article

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