Evaluation of epidural blood patch in the treatment of two cases of spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1243-1245

  Asakura, Mika ^a   Tanno, Masaru ^a   Nagai, Rie ^a   Koike, Toshiaki ^a   Murata, Katsusuke ^a   Shimizu, Yoshikata ^a  

^a ASAHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CISTERNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIQUORRHEA;

ADULT; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031771451     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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