Spinal Anesthesia and Not Pneumorrhachis as Cause for Temporary Paraplegia
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Spinal anesthesia and not pneumorrhachis as cause for temporary paraplegia.
I wish to offer an alternative theory for the temporary paraplegia referenced in the letter to the editor rather than that of air entrapment. (Dalmau-Carola J. An old complication of a new technique: Pneumorrhachis from caudal epidural pulsed radiofrequency. Pain Physician: November/December 2014; 17:E783-E806). A 70-year-old woman with chronic lower back pain radiating to the left lower extrem...
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عنوان ژورنال: March 2015
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2150-1149,1533-3159
DOI: 10.36076/ppj/2015.18.e271