Background & importance This patient and public-involved systematic review originally
focused on arachnoiditis, a supposedly rare “iatrogenic chronic meningitis” causing …

Introduction Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) can follow unintentional dural puncture
during epidural techniques or intentional dural puncture during neuraxial procedures such …

Purpose of Review This review focuses on the challenges of diagnosing and treating
spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH), a condition caused by spinal CSF leakage. It …

Please see the Editorial Comment by Jeffrey A. Belair discussing this article. An expanding
array of image-guided spine interventions have the potential to provide immediate and …

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is considered the cause of spontaneous intracranial
hypotension (SIH), an important etiology for new daily persistent headaches and a …

Background Epidural blood patch is a common effective treatment for postdural puncture
headache after accidental dural puncture during labor and may be done in conventional or …

Background/importance Arachnoiditis is a rare but devastating disorder caused by various
insults, one of which is purported to be local anesthetic neurotoxicity following neuraxial …

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Arachnoiditis is difficult to treat. Patients are often left frustrated after many failed trials of
conservative therapies without symptom resolution. Surgery may provide symptom relief for …

A 36 year old woman was referred to our department for symptomatic lumbar spinal
arachnoiditis following an epidural anaesthesia for childbirth. She did not had other known …