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Subdural Blood Patch for the Treatment of Persistent CSF Leak After Permanent Intrathecal Catheter Implantation: A Report of Two Cases
Author(s) -
Dominguez Eric,
Latif Osman,
Rozen Dima,
Sahinler Bolkar,
Orbegozo Mauricio,
Edmunds Ann,
Lou Leland,
Day Miles,
Racz Gabor,
Raj Prithvi
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pain practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1533-2500
pISSN - 1530-7085
DOI - 10.1046/j.1533-2500.2001.01036.x
Subject(s) - medicine , epidural blood patch , intrathecal , leak , catheter , surgery , anesthesia , complication , environmental engineering , engineering
A CSF leak that persists despite conservative therapy may significantly increase the morbidity associated with implantable intrathecal drug delivery systems. This report presents 2 cases where the application of a subdural blood patch led to the satisfactory resolution of a persistent CSF leak after previous epidural blood patches had failed.