Blood patch therapy for spontaneous intracranial hypotension: safe performance after epidurography in an unconscious patient.
Epidurography was useful for identifying the epidural space and determining the likely spread of an epidural blood patch in an unconscious patient with spontaneous intracranial hypotension.
Terajima
Katsuyuki
K
Department of Anesthesiology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan. YIB01174@nifty.ne.jp
Oi
Yoshiyuki
Y
Ogura
Akira
A
Sakai
Naoyuki
N
Takei
Mao
M
Tamaki
Tomonori
T
Ogawa
Ryo
R
D017217:Blood Patch, Epidural / Q000379:methods*; D003287:Contrast Media; D004824:Epidural Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D019585:Intracranial Hypotension / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids; D014474:Unconsciousness / Q000209:etiology*
D003287:Contrast Media; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids; C033300:iotrolan