Case Reports in Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 352028, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/352028
Cerebral Subdural Hematoma Following Spinal Anesthesia: Report of Two Cases
1Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
2Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
3Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
4Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
Received 16 January 2012; Accepted 6 February 2012
Academic Editor: Dianne L. Atkins
Copyright © 2012 Mehrdad Moradi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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