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ArticleSchmerz (Berlin, Germany)2016

[Spinal catheter-associated cerebrospinal fluid leak].

P Welpe

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Article in Schmerz (Berlin, Germany), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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P WelpeSpital Thurgau AG, Anästhesie, Intensivmedizin, Operationszentrum & Schmerzmedizin AIOS, Spitalcampus 1, 8596, Münsterlingen, Schweiz. pascal.welpe@stgag.ch.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cerebrospinal fluid leak, with its typical postdural puncture headache, occurs in 8-25 % of patients after insertion of a spinal catheter for treatment with an intrathecal pain pump. Symptoms are usually self-limiting; only rarely is an epidural blood patch used. In this case of a 49-year-old woman, we assumed a postdural puncture headache after replacement of the spinal catheter. Because of the persistence of symptoms and serous wound secretion around the paravertebral incision, we decided to test the catheter under radiological control with a contrast agent. Leakage could be seen within the spinal catheter, which was responsible for the symptoms. Because of an ongoing infection accompanied by meningitis the whole system had to be removed.

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Blood Patch, EpiduralCerebrospinal Fluid LeakChronic PainFemaleHumansInfusion Pumps, ImplantableInjections, SpinalMiddle AgedBlood patchCerebrospinal fluid leakIntrathecal pain pumpSpinal catheter

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