Abstract The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) 2012
survey of meeting attendees showed that existing ASRA anticoagulation guidelines for …

Background: The lifetime prevalence of spinal pain has been reported as 54% to 80%, with
as many as 60% of patients continuing to have chronic pain five years or longer after the …

Interventional spine and pain procedures cover a far broader spectrum than those for
regional anesthesia, reflecting diverse targets and goals. When surveyed, interventional …

Background: The evidence-based practice guidelines for the management of chronic spinal
pain with interventional techniques were developed to provide recommendations to …

Object Neurological deterioration due to spinal epidural hematoma (SEH) is a rare but
significant complication of spinal surgery. The frequency of hematoma evacuation after …

Study Design. Surgeon survey. Objective. To characterize the incidence of epidural
hematoma in postoperative spinal patients; to assess the effect of chemical …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Spinal epidural hematoma (SEH) is a rare, yet potentially
devastating complication of spinal surgery. There is limited evidence available regarding the …

Study Design. Prospective clinical series. Objective. To determine the incidence, volume,
and extent of postoperative epidural hematoma resulting in thecal sac compression, and to …

We report a series of epidural hematomas which cause neurologic deterioration after spinal
surgery, and have taken risk factors and prognostic factors into consideration. We …

Background context Postoperative symptomatic epidural hematoma (SEH) is a serious
complication of lumbar spine surgery. Despite its rarity, this uncommon complication may …