Spontaneous intracranial hypotension syndrome: A novel speculative physiopathological hypothesis and a novel patch method in a series of 28 consecutive patients - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 300-306

  Franzini, Angelo ^a   Messina, Giuseppe ^a   Nazzi, Vittoria ^a   Mea, Eliana ^a   Leone, Massimo ^a   Chiapparini, Luisa ^a   Broggi, Giovanni ^a   Bussone, Gennaro ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood patch; Orthostatic headache; Spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PATCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTURAL HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; BRAIN; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINE; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76149129372     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.6.JNS09415     Document Type: Article

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