American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation
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Am J Phys Med Rehabil · Jan 2005
Case ReportsTransforaminal cervical blood patch for the treatment of post-dural puncture headache.
A 40-yr-old woman received a series of three interlaminar epidural steroid injections for the treatment of axial neck pain secondary to degenerative disc disease. Immediately after her third injection, she experienced symptoms of a dural puncture-induced headache. ⋯ The headache was immediately relieved and remained alleviated through the follow-up interval of 1 yr. In this patient, a fluoroscopically guided transforaminal epidural blood patch proved to be more effective than the classic blind interlaminar approach in the treatment of post-dural puncture headache.