Clinical effect of cervical epidural blood patch for SIH
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Diseases of the nervous system
- Registration Number
- KCT0008061
- Lead Sponsor
- Yeongnam University Medical Center
- Brief Summary
When CSF leakage site is unclear, cervical EBP is as effective as targeted EBP. Therefore, cervical EBP is appropriate for SIH with unclear CSF leakage.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 55
Inclusion Criteria
We retrospectively evaluated the electronic medical records of patients who underwent EBPs for SIH, from 2010 to 2019, in a single hospital. The patients were referred from the neurology department for EBP after conservative treatment
Exclusion Criteria
Cases of intracranial hypotension due to lumbar puncture, head or spine injury, or preceding disease such as surgery or medical disease are excluded from the study. Cases in which epidural blood suturing was performed improperly or complications occurred due to the procedure were excluded from the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method reduction of headache
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method number of epidural blood pathc