Bilateral cervicothoracic transforaminal blood patches for persistent headache from spontaneous intracranial hypotension: A case report and review

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-364

  Walega, David ^a   McComb, Erin ^a   Rosenow, Joshua ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

epidural blood patch; headache; Spontaneous intracranial hypotension; transforaminal injection

Indexed keywords

BUTALBITAL; CAFFEINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PATCH; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; NEW DAILY PERSISTENT HEADACHE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 79954869390     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3182038463     Document Type: Article

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