Spinal Epidural Hematoma Following Epidural Steroid Injection in a Patient Treated with Dabigatran: A Case Report
Adam M Caputo1, Oren N Gottfried, Shahid M Nimjee
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (A.M.C., C.R.B., K.W.M., W.J.R.), Department of Surgery (O.N.G., S.M.N.), Duke University Medical Center, Box 2807, 335 Baker House, 200 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710. adam.caputo@duke.edu.
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|December 19, 2017
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