The Avoidance of Surgery in the Treatment of Subarachnoid Cutaneous Fistula by the Use of an Epidural Blood Patch
- 1 March 1995
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 36 (3) , 612-614
- https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-199503000-00025
Abstract
In this report, we present two cases of subarachnoid-cutaneous fistula. In both of these cases, in epidural blood patch, a technique frequently used by anesthetists and radiologists, was successfully used to treat the fistulae, thus avoiding the need for open closure.Keywords
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