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Case ReportCASE REPORTS AND CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS

Iatrogenic Spinal Epidural Hematoma in the Acute Postoperative Period

Roxanna Rasekhi, Omar Viswanath, Eugene Fu and Carla Cordova
Ochsner Journal September 2018, 18 (3) 268-270; DOI: https://doi.org/10.31486/toj.17.0076
Roxanna Rasekhi
1University of Miami, School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management, University of Miami Health System, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
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Omar Viswanath
2Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
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Eugene Fu
1University of Miami, School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management, University of Miami Health System, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
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Carla Cordova
1University of Miami, School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management, University of Miami Health System, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
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Roxanna Rasekhi, Omar Viswanath, Eugene Fu, Carla Cordova
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