Successful treatment of postcraniectomy orthostatic headache with lumbar epidural blood patches.
Postcraniectomy orthostatic headache is a rare, but disabling, condition which can often interfere with patient rehabilitation. Previously, postsurgical CSF leaks have generally been managed with surgical repair. We present the case of a 32-year-old man with postcraniectomy orthostatic headache which was successively managed with repeated lumbar epidural blood patches.
Oh
Kyungmi
K
Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
Byung-Jo
BJ
Koh
Seong-Beom
SB
Park
Kun-Woo
KW
Lee
Dae-Hie
DH
D000328:Adult; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000379:methods*; D017217:Blood Patch, Epidural / Q000379:methods*; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008297:Male