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Commentary: Unnecessary preoperative epidural steroid injections lead to cerebrospinal fluid leaks confirmed during spinal stenosis surgery
BACKGROUND: Increasingly, older patients with severe spinal stenosis/instability undergo multiple unnecessary preoperative epidural spinal injections (ESI), despite their risks and lack of long-term benefits. Here we add to the list of risks by showing how often preoperative ESI lead to punctate cer...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173206/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25289153 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.139622 |