Use of confirmatory imaging studies to illustrate adequate treatment of cerebrospinal fluid leak in spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 955-960

  Vogel, Timothy W ^a   Dlouhy, Brian J ^a   Howard III, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Craniectomy; Epidural blood patch; Radioisotope cisternography; Spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PATCH; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

AGED; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CRANIOTOMY; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MALE; RECURRENCE; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78149338606     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.5.JNS091405     Document Type: Article

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