RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The efficacy of epidural blood patch in spontaneous CSF leaks
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 1921
OP 1923
DO 10.1212/WNL.57.10.1921
VO 57
IS 10
A1 Sencakova, Drahomira
A1 Mokri, Bahram
A1 McClelland, Robyn L.
YR 2001
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/57/10/1921.abstract
AB Of 25 consecutive patients with spontaneous CSF leaks treated with epidural blood patch (EBP), nine patients (36%) responded well to the first EBP. Of 15 patients who received a second EBP, five became asymptomatic (33%). Of eight patients who received three or more EBP (mean 4), four patients (50%) responded well.