Open AccessEpidural Blood Patch Therapy for Chronic Whiplash-Associated Disorder
Author(s) -
Shinichi Ishikawa,
Masataka Yokoyama,
Satoshi Mizobuchi,
Hirotaka Hashimoto,
Eiji Moriyama,
Kiyoshi Morita
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/01.ane.0000271922.04981.33
Subject(s) - medicine , nausea , cerebrospinal fluid , leak , anesthesia , epidural blood patch , whiplash , surgery , poison control , environmental health , environmental engineering , engineering
Despite the absence of objective neurological deficits, patients with chronic whiplash-associated disorder (WAD) complain of symptoms such as headache, dizziness, and nausea. These symptoms are also often experienced by patients with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak. It was recently reported that radioisotope (RI) cisternography is useful in the diagnosis of intracranial hypotension due to CSF leak. We investigated the relation between chronic WAD and CSF leak by RI cisternography and evaluated whether epidural blood patch (EBP) administration is effective in the treatment of chronic WAD.