• World Neurosurg · Mar 2020

    Case Reports

    Total Spinal Epidural "Blood Patch" Application Through a Racz Catheter in Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension.

    • Keisuke Hatano, Daichi Kawamura, Hiroki Ohashi, Takayuki Hamaguchi, Yoshiyasu Hattanmaru, Satoshi Tani, and Yuichi Murayama.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: hatakenosuke@gmail.com.
    • World Neurosurg. 2020 Mar 1; 135: 131-134.

    BackgroundEpidural "blood patch" (EBP) is a standard treatment of spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH). In recent years, there are some reports of Racz catheter use for EBP performance at upper cervical spine levels. However, the practical use of Racz catheter for single-entry multisite EBP has never been reported until now.Case DescriptionWe treated a 60-year-old man diagnosed with SIH presenting with cerebrospinal fluid leaks from the cervical to the sacral segments. We discuss the advantages of the single-entry multisite EBP and the convenience of Racz catheter use in such cases.ConclusionsThe Racz catheter can be a convenient means to deliver large-volume EBPs from a single entry point in the treatment of SIH.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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