title: Successful treatment of postcraniectomy orthostatic headache with lumbar epidural blood patches.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyungmi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Byung-Jo
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seong-Beom
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Kun-Woo
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Dae-Hie
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: 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