Management of persistent post-dural puncture headache after repeated epidural blood patch

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 633-636

  Ho, K Y ^a   Gan, T J ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Computed tomography; Dural puncture; Epidural blood patch; Headache

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; HYDROMORPHONE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MYELOGRAPHY; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34147121532     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01283.x     Document Type: Article

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