Early and Delayed Rebound Intracranial Hypertension following Epidural Blood Patch in a Case of Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension. [PDF]
Case Rep Neurol Med, 2022 Background Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is a secondary headache that has been attributed to a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak. It may resolve spontaneously or require conservative treatment.
Jafari E, Karaminia M, Togha M.
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Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2019 Postdural puncture headache is a leak of cerebrospinal fluid that lowers intracranial pressure and usually presents as a positional headache. If conservative treatments are not successful, the epidural blood patch is the gold standard of the treatment ...
Yu Na Choi +5 more
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Symptomatic Postsurgical Lumbar Pseudomeningocele Treated by Ultrasound-Guided Epidural Blood Patch Application. [PDF]
Asian J Neurosurg, 2021 Postsurgical pseudomeningoceles are extradural collections of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that results following an intraoperative dural breach. Although usually asymptomatic and self-subsiding, they may present with symptoms of postural headache, blurred ...
Kavishwar RA +3 more
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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2021 Many anaesthetists are hesitant to perform epidural blood patch in patients with cancer because of the potential risk of seeding the CNS with malignant cells.
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Epidural blood patch: A study on an experimental model
Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2013 Aim Epidural blood patch has been used to treat spinal headache with varying success. An experimental model was designed to ascertain whether an epidural blood patch can be used to seal the needle puncture sites in dural repair. Materials and
S.K. Sengupta
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Blood patch for the treatment of post-dural puncture tinnitus [PDF]
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2018 Audiometric disturbances are recognised as potential complications after spinal or epidural anaesthesia; however, incidences of tinnitus occur less frequently.
Wei Jia, Fiqry Fadhlillah
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Transforaminal epidural blood patch for intractable spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak: a case report [PDF]
JA Clinical Reports, 2017 Background Epidural blood patch (EBP) is a recognized treatment for spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak (SCFL) and is typically administered by the interlaminar approach.
Aki Fujiwara +6 more
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Journal of Pain Research, 2011 Radi Shahien, Abdalla BowirratDepartment of Neurology, Ziv Medical Center, Zfat, IsraelAbstract: We report a complication related to epidural analgesia for delivery in a 24-year-old woman who was admitted with mild pre-eclampsia and for induction of ...
Radi Shahien, Abdalla Bowirrat
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Fluoroscopically-guided epidural blood patch for spontaneous intracranial hypotension
Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2015 We present three patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension who failed conservative treatment and were treated with image-guided epidural blood patch close to the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak site.
Manish Shah +3 more
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Recurrent Subdural Hematoma: A Case Report of Diagnostic Pitfall of Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension and Successful Management With Targeted Epidural Blood Patch [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsSpontaneous intracranial hypotension should be considered in subdural hematoma cases without cerebral trauma or underlying disease, particularly among nonâelderly patients.
Lili Chen, Guangyu Ying, Yucong Peng
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