… intracranial subdural hematoma caused by a CSF leak following lumbar surgery. This report
illustrates the potential morbidity associated with CSF leaks occurring after spinal surgery. …

… hemorrhage is a rare complication of spinal surgery that is associated with CSF leakage …
These associations do not justify a complete avoidance of drains in patients with CSF leakage …

… elasticity due to spinal loss of CSF, 41 and “spontaneous spinal CSF leak” is the preferred
descriptive term. … is left untreated, the risk of a recurrent subdural hematoma is high. …

… spinal CSF leak in this observational study: the dural tear, the meningeal diverticulum, and
the CSF-venous fistula. These 3 types and the presence or absence of extradural CSF form …

… The exact cause of spontaneous spinal CSF leaks largely remains unknown, but an … with
papilledema and retinal hemorrhage following successful surgical treatment of a chronic spon- …

… The diagnosis will be often missed because only a minority of patients with a spontaneous
subdural hygroma or hematoma is referred for CT or MRI myelography. On the other hand, …

… CSF leak is formation of intracranial hematoma in different locations including acute subdural
hematoma (SDH), epidural hematoma (… rupture and CSF loss during or after spinal surgery. …

… of bleeding with neurosurgery has the beneficial effect of preventing neurological deterioration;
however, the exact source of bleeding … associated with CSF leakage; the bleeding source …

… hemorrhage than in those with a ventral spinal CSF leak and no evidence for cerebellar
hemorrhage (… Chronic cerebellar hemorrhage should be included among the manifestations of …

… The demonstration of a spinal CSF leak on spinal imaging. Imaging modalities may include
CT myelography, MR imaging, MR myelography, or radionuclide cisternography and must …