Treatment of post-dural puncture headache using epidural injection of fibrin sealant as an alternative to autologous epidural blood patch (case report)

Treatment of post-dural puncture headache using epidural injection of fibrin sealant as an alternative to autologous epidural blood patch (case report)

Highlights • Post-Dural-Puncture headache is caused by CSF-leakage through hole in the dura. • Epidural injection of 10-20 ml autologous blood stops the CSF-leakage. • Bacteremia or viremia is a relative contraindication to such autologous blood patch. • Fibrin sealant was successfully used to patch...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scandinavian journal of pain 2014-07, Vol.5 (3), p.170-172
Hauptverfasser: Atallah, Joseph, Gage, Emmanuel, Koning, Jonathan, Duggan, Joan, Ramsey-Williams, Vicki, Scott, Samuel, Gaudin, Daniel, Sarhan, Mazin
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Sprache:eng
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Epidural blood patch
Hepatitis C and HIV
Internal Medicine
Pain Medicine
Post-dural puncture headache
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Post-Dural-Puncture headache is caused by CSF-leakage through hole in the dura. • Epidural injection of 10-20 ml autologous blood stops the CSF-leakage. • Bacteremia or viremia is a relative contraindication to such autologous blood patch. • Fibrin sealant was successfully used to patch the dural hole in this case.
ISSN:1877-8860
1877-8879
DOI:10.1016/j.sjpain.2014.04.002