Subdural Hematoma and Postdural Puncture Headache from Intrathecal Pump Placement Resolved with Lumbar Epidural Blood Patch

Subdural Hematoma and Postdural Puncture Headache from Intrathecal Pump Placement Resolved with Lumbar Epidural Blood Patch

Intrathecal drug delivery systems are commonly used in the management of chronic pain, cancer pain and neuromuscular disorders with muscle spasticity. The complications associated with intrathecal pump placement include persistent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, hygroma, meningitis, and granuloma formation. A severe persistent CSF leak may cause postdural puncture headache along with acute intr...

Postdural puncture subdural hematoma or postdural puncture headache?: two cases report

Spinal anesthesia is widely used for many obstetric, gynecological, orthopedic, and urological operations. Subdural hematomas may occur after trauma and are associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) is a benign condition and the most frequent complication of spinal anesthesia. The high rate of headache after spinal anesthesia may mask or delay the di...

Letter: Epidural blood patch for post-lumbar-puncture headache.

Management of postdural puncture headache with epidural blood patch in a child

Corresponding author: Eun-Ju Kim, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Daegu Fatima Hospital, 576-31, Sinam-dong, Dong-gu, Daegu 701-600, Korea. Tel: 82-53-940-7434, Fax: 82-53-954-7417, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3....

Impact of postdural puncture headache after diagnostic lumbar puncture

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