Subdural blood patch for the treatment of persistent CSF leak after permanent intrathecal catheter implantation: a report of two cases.
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.
Dominguez
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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79414, USA.
Latif
O
O
Rozen
D
D
Sahinler
B
B
Orbegozo
M
M
Edmunds
A
A
Lou
L
L
Day
M
M
Racz
G
G
Raj
P
P