Epidural steroid injection
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Epidural hematoma after routine epidural steroid injection
BACKGROUND There are few reported cases of an epidural spinal hematoma following interventional pain procedures. CASE DESCRIPTION We report a case of a spinal epidural hematoma in a patient with no known risk factors (e.g. coagulopathy), who underwent an epidural steroid injection (ESI) in the same anatomic location as two previously successful ESI procedures. CONCLUSION Early detection was...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Korean Medical Association
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1975-8456,2093-5951
DOI: 10.5124/jkma.2014.57.4.318