CT myelography for the planning and guidance of targeted epidural blood patches in patients with persistent spinal CSF leakage

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 541-544

  Wendl, C M ^a   Schambach, F ^b   Zimmer, C ^b   Forschler A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PATCH; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; REMISSION;

ADULT; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858641028     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2808     Document Type: Article

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