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Volume 7, Issue 5
February 2002

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Serious injury following misplaced injections in the neck may be actionable on grounds that the intended procedure was of doubtful benefit

Adverse effects of inadvertently entering the subarachnoid space may not have been disclosed or appropriately monitored

Serious iatrogenic needle injury to the spinal cord is rare and idiosyncratic but must be disclosed for informed consent

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