Spontaneous intracranial hypotension successfully treated by epidural patching with fibrin glue

Headache

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 844-847

  Kamada, Masaki ^a   Fujita, Yoshihisa ^a   Ishii, Ryoji ^a   Endoh, Sumiko ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidural patch; Fibrin glue; Intracranial hypotension

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; SPINAL CANAL; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034527391     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2000.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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