CT Fluoroscopy–Guided Blood Patching of Ventral CSF Leaks by Direct Needle Placement in the Ventral Epidural Space Using a Transforaminal Approach

T.J. Amrhein; N.T. Befera; L. Gray; P.G. Kranz

doi:10.3174/ajnr.A4842

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CT Fluoroscopy–Guided Blood Patching of Ventral CSF Leaks by Direct Needle Placement in the Ventral Epidural Space Using a Transforaminal Approach

T.J. Amrhein, N.T. Befera, L. Gray and P.G. Kranz

American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2016, 37 (10) 1951-1956; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4842

T.J. Amrhein

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N.T. Befera

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L. Gray

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P.G. Kranz

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vol. 37 no. 10 1951-1956

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Received February 25, 2016
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Published online October 7, 2016.

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T.J. Amrheina,
N.T. Beferaa,
L. Graya and
P.G. Kranza

^aFrom the Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

Please address correspondence to Timothy J. Amrhein, MD, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC Box 3808, Durham, NC 27710; e-mail: timothy.amrhein{at}duke.edu; @TimAmrheinMD

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