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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Autores principales: Shah, Manish, Giampetro, David M, Kalapos, Paul, Caldwell, Julia C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4676252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26702220
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.169091
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Sumario: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 related image findings.

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