Post-laminectomy cerebrospinal fluid fistula treated with epidural blood patch
| Autor: | J. Pfitzner, Neil F. Maycock, John van Essen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Epidural blood patch
Male medicine.medical_specialty Fistula business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Cutaneous Fistula Background data Laminectomy medicine.disease Surgery Postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leak Spinal headache Cerebrospinal fluid fistula Discitis Medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Neurology (clinical) business Meningitis Blood Patch Epidural Aged Cerebrospinal Fluid |
| Zdroj: | Spine. 19(19) |
| ISSN: | 0362-2436 |
| Popis: | UNLABELLED OBJECTIVES AND SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Cerebrospinal fluid fistula after spinal surgery is associated with a definite risk of meningitis or discitis, and as a result, early active intervention usually is recommended. METHODS AND RESULTS This report describes the successful use of an epidural blood patch after a more conventional intervention--namely, surgical re-exploration--had failed to control a postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leak. CONCLUSIONS The techniques involved in performing a blood patch after spinal surgery may well differ from those usually recommended in the management of spinal headache resulting from other causes of dural puncture. |
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