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Subacute epidural abscess after spinal cord stimulator implantation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2005

A. Arxer
Affiliation:
Hospital Universitari de Girona ‘Doctor Josep Trueta’, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Therapy, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
C. Busquets
Affiliation:
Hospital Universitari de Girona ‘Doctor Josep Trueta’, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Therapy, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
J. Vilaplana
Affiliation:
Hospital Universitari de Girona ‘Doctor Josep Trueta’, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Therapy, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
A. Villalonga
Affiliation:
Hospital Universitari de Girona ‘Doctor Josep Trueta’, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Therapy, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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© 2003 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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