Epidural blood patch for the treatment of intracranial hypotension due to cerebrospinal fluid leakage after thoracic spine surgery

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 865-869

  Mino, M ^a   Narita, N ^a   Adachi, M ^a  

^a SENDAI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Epidural blood patch; Intracranial hypotension

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; PENTETATE INDIUM IN 111;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CISTERNOGRAPHY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LACERATION; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0034806302     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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