Intracranial hypotension caused by cervical cerebrospinal fluid leak: Treatment with epidural blood patch

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1794-1797

  Cousins, Michael J ^a,b   Brazier, David ^a   Cook, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Pain Management Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUFF; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442647965     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000117225.31416.36     Document Type: Article

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