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Efficacy of the epidural blood patch for the treatment of post lumbar puncture headache BLOPP: A randomised, observer-blind, controlled clinical trial [ISRCTN 71598245]

BACKGROUND: Post dural punction headache (PDPH) occurs in 10% to 40% of the patients who had a lumbar puncture. Its symptoms can be severe and incapacitating. The epidural blood patch is widely accepted as the treatment of choice for postdural puncture headache. Uncontrolled studies report rapid rec...

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Autores principales: Oedit, R, van Kooten, F, Bakker, SLM, Dippel, DWJ
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1180449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15998467
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-5-12