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The efficacy of epidural blood patch in spontaneous CSF leaks
D Sencakova1, B Mokri, R L McClelland
1Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Neurology
|November 28, 2001
Abstract:
Of 25 consecutive patients with spontaneous CSF leaks treated with epidural blood patch (EBP), nine patients (36%) responded well to the first EBP. Of 15 patients who received a second EBP, five became asymptomatic (33%). Of eight patients who received three or more EBP (mean 4), four patients (50%) responded well.