Acute intracranial subdural hematoma following a lumbar CSF leak caused by spine surgery

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2005, Pages

  Sciubba, Daniel M ^a   Kretzer, Ryan M ^a   Wang, Paul P ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Phipps Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

CSF leak; Spine surgery; Subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE SURGERY;

FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, ACUTE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, INTRACRANIAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBDURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 29444441619     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000192208.66360.29     Document Type: Review

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