A case of spontaneous intracranial hypotension effectively treated with cervical epidural blood patch

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1185-1188

  Asano, Naoko ^a   Taki, Kazumi ^a   Kondo, Toshiki ^a   Nishiwaki, Kimitoshi ^a   Kimura, Tomomasa ^a   Shimada, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidural blood patch (EBP); Headache; Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH)

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CERVICAL EPIDURAL BLOOD PATCH; CERVICAL SPINE; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOISOTOPE CISTERNOGRAPHY; SPONTANEOUS INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 8144225863     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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