DOI: 10.1148/radiol.242194 ISSN: 0033-8419

Efficacy of Traditional Epidural Patching versus Patching within Spinal Longitudinal Extradural Collections for Ventral Dural Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks

Andrew L. Callen, Samantha L. Pisani Petrucci, Peter Lennarson, Mark F. Sedrak, Adriana Gutierrez, Mark D. Mamlouk

Patching within spinal longitudinal extradural collections (SLECs) significantly improved rates of resolution of organized SLECs compared with traditional methods, although overall efficacy for ventral dural defects remained low, at 25%.

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