PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Park, J.K.
AU  - Villablanca, J.P.
TI  - Feasibility of Placement of an Anterior Cervical Epidural Blood Patch for Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A3244
DP  - 2012 Oct 11
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/early/2012/10/11/ajnr.A3244.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/early/2012/10/11/ajnr.A3244.full
AB  - SUMMARY: The dorsal epidural blood patch is a commonly used management technique for spontaneous intracranial hypotension from a dural CSF leak, but it may be less efficacious for cervical or ventral leaks. We report the technique of placing an anterior cervical blood patch for a large cervical ventral leak. To our best knowledge, this approach has not been reported. In the appropriately selected patient, an anterior cervical epidural blood patch may be safely used. Abbreviations EBPepidural blood patchIHintracranial hypotensionSIHspontaneous IH