Cervical Blood Patch: A Case Report Of An Unusual Technique For An Unusual Diagnosis Volume 4 - Issue 1

José Francisco Cravo¹*, Ionut Tabolcea¹ and Turgay Tuna¹

• ¹Anesthesiology-Reanimation Department, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium

Received:February 25, 2021;  Published: March 05, 2021

Corresponding author: José Francisco Cravo MD, Anesthesiology-Reanimation Department, Route de Lennik 808, Hospital Erasme, 1070 Brussels, Belgium

DOI: 10.32474/GJAPM.2021.04.000181

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Abstract

Cervical epidural blood patches (CEBP) remain an unfamiliar domain for most anesthesiologist as they fear the possible neurological complications related with the procedure. The injection of autologous blood as close as possible to the dural leakage site has shown to be the most effective approach for symptom resolution in case of spontaneous cervical dural tears. This case report describes in detail a feasible and effective technique to perform an epidural blood patch at the cervical level.

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