Cerebral vasospasm following intracranial hypotension caused by cerebrospinal fluid leak from an incidental lumbar durotomy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 152-155

  Chaves, Claudia ^a   Freidberg, Stephen R ^a   Lee, Grace ^a   Zerris, Vasilios ^a   Ries, Sarah ^a   Chavali, Ram ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral vasospasm; Intracranial hypotension; Lumbar durotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DUROTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LAMINECTOMY; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR SPINE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DURA MATER; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SUBDURAL EFFUSION;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 13844280468     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.1.0152     Document Type: Article

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