Levin Häni, Christian Fung, Amir El Rahal, Florian Volz, Luisa Mona Kraus, Oliver Schnell, Roberto Ferrarese, Daniel Erny, Marius Schwabenland, Horst Urbach, Niklas Lützen, Jürgen Beck
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To systematically describe pertinent, intraoperative anatomic findings encountered when approaching spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks and CSF-venous fistulas in spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH). METHODS: In a retrospective study, we included surgically treated patients suffering from SIH at our institution from April 2018 to March 2022. Anatomic, intraoperative data were extracted from operative notes and supplemented with data from surgical videos and images...
September 25, 2023: Operative Neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)