Catheter-guided multilevel epidural blood patches in an adolescent boy

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BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence for the use of multilevel epidural catheter-guided blood patches to treat spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leaks in adults. Yet, there are scarce data for their use in children. Furthermore, higher level epidural blood patches are uncommon in both adult and pediatric populations.

CASE PRESENTATION: An adolescent boy with multilevel cerebrospinal fluid leaks associated with status migrainosus failed conservative pain management treatment. As he remained severely symptomatic, epidural blood patches were required to mitigate his symptoms. Given his multilevel leaks, a catheter-guided blood patch approach was used to treat multiple cervicothoracic and thoracolumbar leaks. After three separate uneventful blood patch procedures, the patient was free of symptoms. Other than some rebound intracranial hypertension, the patient maintained full neurological capacity without further complications. Following the resolution of treatment, he has not sought help for pain since his last blood patch over a year ago.

CONCLUSIONS: Multilevel catheter-guided blood patches have the potential to be administered to higher level spinal regions to the pediatric population suffering from multiple spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leaks.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:47

Enthalten in:

Regional anesthesia and pain medicine - 47(2022), 7 vom: 31. Juli, Seite 430-433

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Walfish, Laurel [VerfasserIn]
Alobaikan, Sultan [VerfasserIn]
Lahijanian, Zubin [VerfasserIn]
Saint-Martin, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Cortes Nino, Maria delPilar [VerfasserIn]
Ingelmo, Pablo Mauricio [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute Pain
Case Reports
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
Journal Article
Pain Management
Pediatrics
Treatment Outcome

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Date Completed 26.05.2022

Date Revised 21.06.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/rapm-2022-103487

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM338916849