Epidural blood patch for severe postoperative intracranial hypotension

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-52

  Mathew, Leena ^a   Komotar, Ricardo ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain sag; Epidural blood patch; Postoperative intracranial hypotension

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANISOCORIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASE; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39049124737     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e31815d6658     Document Type: Article

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