THE AVOIDANCE OF SURGERY IN THE TREATMENT OF SUBARACHNOID CUTANEOUS FISTULA BY THE USE OF AN EPIDURAL BLOOD PATCH - TECHNICAL CASE-REPORT

Authors
CHAUHAN C FRANCIS GA KEMENY AA
Citation
C. Chauhan et al., THE AVOIDANCE OF SURGERY IN THE TREATMENT OF SUBARACHNOID CUTANEOUS FISTULA BY THE USE OF AN EPIDURAL BLOOD PATCH - TECHNICAL CASE-REPORT, Neurosurgery, 36(3), 1995, pp. 612-613
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Neurosciences
Journal title
Neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0148396X
Volume
36
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
612 - 613
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-396X(1995)36:3<612:TAOSIT>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
IN THIS REPORT, we present two cases of subarachnoid-cutaneous fistula . In both of these cases, an epidural blood patch, a technique frequen tly used by anesthetists and radiologists, was successfully used to tr eat the fistulae, thus avoiding the need for open closure.