Effectiveness of an epidural blood patch for patients with intracranial hypotension syndrome and persistent spinal epidural fluid collection after treatment

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 940-946

  Horikoshi, Toru ^a   Watanabe, Arata ^a   Uchida, Mikito ^a   Kinouchi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidural fluid collection; Intracranial hypotension; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; BLOOD PATCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION SYNDROME; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; BRAIN; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78149311471     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.10.JNS09806     Document Type: Article

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