Epidural blood patch for headache after lumboperitoneal shunt placement.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1213/01.ANE.0000181002.23135.F9.
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Abstract
Headaches complicating lumboperitoneal (LP) shunt placement have been attributed to shunt failure with resultant high intracranial pressure or to overdrainage with resultant low intracranial pressure. In this case, a 17-yr-old girl had symptoms of a low-pressure headache after LP shunt placement alleviated by an epidural blood patch. The success of this therapy suggests postdural puncture as a possible cause for low-pressure headache after LP shunt placement. Epidural blood patch may be an alternative initial therapy for some low-pressure headaches after LP shunt placement.
Medical subject headings
- Blood Patch, Epidural
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
- Post-Dural Puncture Headache