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Timing of Epidural Placement After an Epidural Blood Patch [PDF]

Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Epidural placement is a mainstay in the pain management of patients undergoing brachytherapy treatment of cervical cancer. A significant number of patients undergo multiple treatment cycles over the course of several weeks, necessitating repeated ...
Tara L. Kelly, William Barrett, Amanda Bunnell, Toby B. Steinberg, Christopher Wolla   +4 more
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Recent update on epidural blood patch [PDF]

Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2022
Epidural blood patch (EBP) is the injection of autologous blood into the epidural space with the intent of sealing off a dural tear and stopping the leakage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
Hwa Yong Shin
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Refractory late-onset cerebrospinal fluid fistula following mammoplasty: case report of a rare complication [PDF]

Einstein (São Paulo)
Mammoplasty is commonly performed under epidural anesthesia combined with intravenous sedation; however, this carries a risk of dural puncture and post-dural puncture headache.
Clara Sanches Bueno, Eduardo Carvalhal Ribas, Eduardo Noda Kihara Filho, Andre Felix Gentil, Arthur Werner Poetscher   +4 more
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Effective Epidural Blood Patch Volumes for Postdural Puncture Headache in Taiwanese Women

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2007
Epidural blood patch (EDBP) is the most commonly used method to treat postdural puncture headache (PDPH). The optimal or effective blood volume for epidural injection is still controversial and under debated.
Li-Kuei Chen, Chi-Hsiang Huang, Wei-Horng Jean, Cheng-Wei Lu, Chen-Jung Lin, Wei-Zen Sun, Mao-Hsien Wang   +6 more
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Management of Post-Dural Puncture Headaches in Pediatric Patients with Epidural Blood or Saline Patch: An Educational Focused Review

Journal of Pain Research
Amr Elhamrawy,1 Ahsan Syed,1,2 Timothy Smith,1,2 Giorgio Veneziano,1,2 Joseph D Tobias1,2 1Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA; 2Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, The Ohio State ...
Elhamrawy A, Syed A, Smith T, Veneziano G, Tobias JD   +4 more
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Epidural Blood Patch in a Patient with a Hematological Malignancy

Case Reports in Medicine, 2023
Postdural puncture headache is a frequently encountered complication following procedures such as lumbar puncture, neuraxial anesthesia, or intrathecal drug delivery device implantation.
Ross Barman, Jack McHugh, Thomas O’Mara, Thomas Pittelkow, Ryan S. D’Souza   +4 more
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Epidural blood patch for the treatment of liquor hypotension after intrathecal chemotherapy in a 10-year-old: case report

Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2021
Background and objectives: An epidural blood patch is used to treat postdural puncture and liquor hypotension headache. We report the use of an epidural blood patch in a critical pediatric patient.
Rui Silva, Mónica Oliveira, Fátima Abreu, Maria João Vaz   +3 more
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Successful epidural fibrin glue patch to treat intracranial hypotension in a patient with bacteraemia and malignancy

BJA Open, 2022
Cerebrospinal fluid leaks after diagnostic lumbar puncture are often treated using an epidural blood patch; however, there are situations in which this may not be a desirable or safe option.
Abhinav Gupta, Victoria C. Madriz, Ian R. Carroll, Vivianne L. Tawfik   +3 more
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Management of postdural puncture headache in pediatric using an epidural catheter for an epidural blood patch

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2020
We report the case of an 8-year-old child suspected to have postdural puncture headache after multiple lumbar punctures for collection of cerebrospinal fluid for analysis. His symptoms included headache, nonprojectile vomiting, and lethargy.
Adnan Al Wosaibai, Ahmed Alfaraj, Abduladem K Alshabeb   +2 more
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Comparisons of clinical characteristics, brain MRI findings, and responses to epidural blood patch between spontaneous intracranial hypotension and post-dural puncture headache: retrospective study

BMC Neurology, 2021
Background Spontaneous intracranial hypotension and post-dural puncture headache are both caused by a loss of cerebrospinal fluid but present with different pathogeneses.
Gha-Hyun Lee, Jiyoung Kim, Hyun-Woo Kim, Jae Wook Cho   +3 more
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