RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Early epidural blood patch in spontaneous intracranial hypotension
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 1950
OP 1951
DO 10.1212/01.WNL.0000144339.34733.E9
VO 63
IS 10
A1 Berroir, S.
A1 Loisel, B.
A1 Ducros, A.
A1 Boukobza, M.
A1 Tzourio, C.
A1 Valade, D.
A1 Bousser, M-G.
YR 2004
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/63/10/1950.abstract
AB Thirty patients with a typical orthostatic headache were treated by early lumbar epidural blood patch (EBP) without previously performing lumbar puncture or identifying a CSF leak and with or without typical MRI changes. A complete cure was obtained in 77% of patients after one (57%) or two (20%) EBPs. Spontaneous intracranial hypotension with typical orthostatic headache can be diagnosed without lumbar puncture and can be cured by early EBP in a majority of patients.