Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: searching for the CSF leak

T Dobrocky, P Nicholson, L Häni, P Mordasini… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is caused by loss of CSF at the level of the spine. The
most frequent symptom of this disorder is orthostatic headache, with the headache …

Post-dural puncture headache diagnosis and management

MC Vallejo, MI Zakowski - Best Practice & Research Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Epidural analgesia, commonly used to alleviate labor pain, is not without complication. The
most common complication associated with labor epidural analgesia (LEA) is Unintentional …

Multidisciplinary consensus guideline for the diagnosis and management of spontaneous intracranial hypotension

S Cheema, J Anderson, H Angus-Leppan… - Journal of Neurology …, 2023 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background We aimed to create a multidisciplinary consensus clinical guideline for best
practice in the diagnosis, investigation and management of spontaneous intracranial …

Diagnosis and treatment evaluation in patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension

D Mehta, S Cheema, I Davagnanam… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is characterized by an orthostatic headache and
audiovestibular symptoms alongside a myriad of other non-specific symptoms. It is caused …

Efficacy of epidural blood patching or surgery in spontaneous intracranial hypotension: a systematic review and evidence map

TJ Amrhein, JW Williams, L Gray… - American Journal …, 2023 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND: Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is an important cause of treatable
secondary headaches. Evidence on the efficacy of epidural blood patching and surgery for …

Epidural blood patching in spontaneous intracranial hypotension—do we really seal the leak?

EI Piechowiak, B Aeschimann, L Häni… - Clinical …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Epidural blood patch (EBP) is a minimally invasive treatment for spontaneous
intracranial hypotension (SIH). Follow-up after EBP primarily relies on clinical presentation …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of factors affecting the outcome of the epidural blood patching in spontaneous intracranial hypotension

F Signorelli, VM Caccavella, M Giordano… - Neurosurgical …, 2021 - Springer
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is an often misdiagnosed condition resulting
from non-iatrogenic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) hypovolemia, typically secondary to spinal …

The SIH-EBP Score: A grading scale to predict the response to the first epidural blood patch in spontaneous intracranial hypotension

PT Lin, YF Wang, SS Hseu, JL Fuh, JF Lirng… - …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background To develop and validate an easy-to-use scoring system to predict the response
to the first epidural blood patching in patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension …

Cerebral venous thrombosis in spontaneous intracranial hypotension: a report of 8 cases and review of the literature

E Ferrante, M Trimboli, G Petrecca, F Allegrini - Journal of the Neurological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The occurrence of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) in patients with
spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) raises difficult practical questions regarding the …

Spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak: review and management algorithm

MR Jones, NA Shlobin, NS Dahdaleh - World neurosurgery, 2021 - Elsevier
Spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak is a condition that commonly presents
with debilitating positional headaches. Often, the cause of the leak is located in the spine …