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Lumbar epidural analgesia for labor in a parturient with a history of surgery for lumbar intradural ependymoma: Literature review and case presentation

BACKGROUND: Ependymomas represent 50–60% of all brain and central nervous system tumors. Previous lumbar spine surgery for resection of an ependymoma should not be considered a relative contraindication for the administration of epidural/subarachnoid anesthesia to patients in labor. CASE DESCRIPTION...

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Autores principales: Ghaly, Ramsis F., Tverdohleb, Tatiana, Candido, Kenneth D., Knezevic, Nebojsa Nick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6213808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30488009
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_490_17