Treatment of spontaneous intracranial hypotension with percutaneous placement of a fibrin sealant: Report of four cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1098-1100

  Schievink, Wouter I ^a   Maya, M Marcel ^a   Moser, Franklin M ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Headache; Intracranial hypotension

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CERVICAL SPINE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442700331     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.100.6.1098     Document Type: Article

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