… who often perform lumbar punctures. The technique of ‘blood patching,’ its indications,
effects, and complications and the epidural blood patch as post-lumbar puncture headache …

… with elective lumbar punctures and compares the incidence of blood patch with the size and
… Our incidence of blood patch after lumbar myelography with either of these needles is zero. …

… lumbar punctures (LP) for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes, and is commonly treated with
an epidural blood patch (EBP)… do not support long term deleterious effects of the blood patch. …

… Post-lumbar puncture headache (PLPH) is a frequent complication that typically lasts for a …
a blood patch should be considered at least 24–48 h following the LP. Epidural blood patch is …

… as well as reporting the utility of lumbar puncture in the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis.
So, although not widely practiced, attempts at using lumbar puncture for both diagnostic and …

… puncture-associated intracranial hypotension following spinal anesthesia, complicated epidural
analgesia, and diagnostic lumbar puncture… alternatives to the blood patch are examined …

… lumbar puncture, spinal anesthesia, or accidental puncture … proposed, but only lumbar
epidural blood patch (EBP) has … 8–10The injection of autologous blood in the lumbar epidural …

… lumbar puncture. Lower back pain as the only side effect was experienced by 30 to 40% of
the patients in each of the 2 groups. We conclude that the epidural blood patch … blood patch (…

Professor Wildsmith and I, and indeed others, have repeatedly debated this topic without
being able to draw firm conclusions about the risks and benefits. The main purpose of the …

… may occur in the setting of inadvertent dural puncture (DP) during labor epidural … lumbar
puncture. Few publications have established the long-term safety of an epidural blood patch (…