A computed tomographic (CT) myelogram (Panel A) shows an osteophyte penetrating the dura (arrow) and the ventral extradural CSF collection (arrowheads). An intraoperative photograph (Panel B ...

Short tau inversion recovery (a) and T2-weighted (b) sagittal MRI cuts of the cervical spine are shown demonstrating ventral epidural collection extending from C5-T3 with evidence of mass effect ...

These components include an epidural needle, a filter needle, an infiltration–finder needle, a loss-of-resistance syringe, a basic syringe, lidocaine 1.5% with a 1:200,000 dilution of ...

Epidural blood patches applied under fluoroscopic or CT guidance can seal the CSF leak in 30–70% of patients, but 90% of patients with ventral dural tears will need operative closure.

February 27, 2012 (Palm Springs, California) — Concordant pain provoked during lumbar epidural steroid injection (LESI) for radicular pain seems to be predictive of improved pain relief at 6 ...

Transforaminal endoscopic surgery under local analgesia for ventral epidural thoracic spinal tumor: Case report. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery , 2015; 134: 1 DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2015.03.022 ...