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Spinal Epidural Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

N.A. Russell ,
Richard Vaughan  and
T.P. Morley
N.A. Russell
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto General Hospital
Richard Vaughan
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto General Hospital
T.P. Morley*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto General Hospital
*
Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7
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Thirty cases of spinal epidural abscess are reviewed with particular emphasis on mode of presentation and results of treatment. In spite of repeated exhortations in the literature for earlier diagnosis, the results remain unsatisfactory because many patients have progressed to severe or complete paralysis before the correct diagnosis is made and surgical treatment carried out.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , August 1979 , pp. 325 - 328
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1979

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