Epidural hematoma treated by aspiration after transforaminal epidural steroid injection - A case report -
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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: Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1975-5171,2383-7977
DOI: 10.17085/apm.20085