CT-guided epidural blood patching of directly observed or potential leak sites for the targeted treatment of spontaneous intracranial hypotension

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 832-838

  Kranz, Peter G ^a   Gray, L ^a   Taylor, J N ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PATCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; MYELOGRAPHY; NECK PAIN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTURAL HEADACHE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL ROOT; TINNITUS;

ADULT; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956111192     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2384     Document Type: Article

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