Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume 21, Issue 8 , Pages 595-598 , December 2009

Atypical presentation of an epidural hematoma in a patient receiving aspirin and low molecular weight heparin. Was epidural analgesia the right choice?

Received 14 May 2007 ,Revised 2 December 2008 ,Accepted 4 December 2008.

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☆ Funding: departmental sources.

PII: S0952-8180(09)00260-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.12.022

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume 21, Issue 8 , Pages 595-598 , December 2009

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