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Adhesions in the epidural space caused by frequent epidural blocks

We report a case of adhesions in the epidural space caused by more than 200 times epidural blocks that were observed with epiduroscopy. A 41-year-old man had repeatedly undergone lumbar epidural blocks to treat pain in his leg, resulting in decreased efficacy of the epidural block. We described endo...

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Autores principales: Shimada, Nobuhiro, Igarashi, Takashi, Murai, Kunihiko, Hara, Tetsuhito, Kuramochi, Tomoko, Takeuchi, Mamoru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29457101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40981-017-0128-z