Ventral spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak as the cause of persistent post-dural puncture headache in children: Report of 3 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-51

  Schievink, Wouter I ^a   Maya, M Marcel ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cerebrospinal fluid; Headache; Intracranial hypotension; Lumbar puncture

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PATCH; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EPIDURAL NEEDLE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNT; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYPROPYLENE SUTURE; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTURAL HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VENTRAL DURAL DEFECT; VENTRAL ROOT;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERITONEOVENOUS SHUNT; POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872198575     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.10.PEDS12353     Document Type: Article

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