Cauda equina syndrome following an uneventful spinal anaesthesia

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-69

  Jain, Mamta ^a   Srivastava, Uma ^a   Saxena, S ^a   Singh, Anish K ^a   Kumar, Aditya ^a  

^a S N MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; STEROID;

ARACHNOIDITIS; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIMB WEAKNESS; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STEROID THERAPY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84863076464     PISSN: 00195049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5049.60505     Document Type: Letter

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