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NEUROSURGICAL ANESTHESIA

Blood Patch Therapy for Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension: Safe Performance After Epidurography in an Unconscious Patient

Katsuyuki Terajima, MD^*, Yoshiyuki Oi, MD^*, Akira Ogura, MD^*, Naoyuki Sakai, MD, Mao Takei, MD, Tomonori Tamaki, MD, and Ryo Ogawa, MD, PhD^*

*Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Neurosurgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Katsuyuki Terajima, MD, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan. Address e-mail to YIB01174{at}nifty.ne.jp

IMPLICATIONS: Epidurography was useful for identifying the epidural space and determining the likely spread of an epidural blood patch in an unconscious patient with spontaneous intracranial hypotension.