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SOME OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE POST LUMBAR PUNCTURE HEADACHE
Author(s) -
GILBERT JAMES J.,
BENSON D. FRANK,
PATTEN DAVID H.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1971.hed1103107.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lumbar puncture , cerebrospinal fluid , leak , anesthesia , intracranial hypotension , lumbar , cerebrospinal fluid leak , surgery , spinal puncture , engineering , environmental engineering
One mechanism that has long been postulated for the production of post lumbar puncture headache has been marked cerebrospinal fluid hypotension secondary to dural leak at the injection site. A clinical case is presented in which this mechanism was demonstrated.