A small leak will sink the brain: targeted C1-C2 patching
- Decramer, Thomas
- Van Dyck-Lippens, Pieter Jan
- Franken, Tom P
- Demaerel, Philippe
- van Loon, Johan
- Theys, Tom
Publication date
May 2017
DOI Publisher
Elsevier Inc. ISSN
1878-8750 Journal
1878-8769Abstract
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) syndrome results from spontaneous spinal CSF leaks. The first treatment of choice consists of lumbar epidural blood patching. If this fails further imaging is mandatory to explore the possibility of targeted therapy.status: publishe
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