Fluoroscopically-guided epidural blood patch for spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Fluoroscopically-guided epidural blood patch for spontaneous intracranial hypotension

We present three patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension who failed conservative treatment and were treated with image-guided epidural blood patch close to the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak site. Each patient achieved significant long-term improvement of clinical symptoms and CSF leak re...

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Main Authors: Manish Shah, David M Giampetro, Paul Kalapos, Julia C Caldwell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
Subjects:
Cerebrospinal spinal fluid leak
connective tissue
epidural blood patch
fluoroscopy
headache
intracranial hypotension
magnetic resonance imaging
myelography
Online Access:http://www.joacp.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9185;year=2015;volume=31;issue=4;spage=560;epage=561;aulast=Shah

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