Life-threatening sinking skin flap syndrome due to CSF leak after lumbar puncture - treated with epidural blood patch

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Gschwind, Markus ^a   Michel, Patrik ^a   Siclari, Francesca ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CSF volume shift; Epidural blood patch; Lumbar puncture; Paradoxical herniation; Sinking skin flap syndrome; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLOOD PATCH; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; DETERIORATION; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINKING SKIN FLAP SYNDROME; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; STROKE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859853649     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03672.x     Document Type: Review

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