Epidural hematoma causing paraplegia after a fluoroscopically guided cervical nerve-root injection: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2037-2039

  Lee, Joon Y ^a   Nassr, Ahmad ^a   Ponnappan, Ravi K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAMINECTOMY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOLLOW UP; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL HEMATOMA; SPINAL ROOT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 85047685639     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200709000-00021     Document Type: Article

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