Transforaminal Blood Patch for the Treatment of Chronic Headache from Intracranial Hypotension: A Case Report and Review

Table 2

Summary of published case reports of transforaminal EBP.

Author	Age	Sex	Preprocedure diagnosis	Duration of symptoms	Site	Contrast	Quantity of blood injected	Result	Previous interlaminar EBP
Weil	48	M	PDPH s/p Transforaminal ESI	5 weeks	Left L4-L5 L5-S1	No	2 mL each level	Relief within 5 min	Interlaminar EBP not attempted
Slipman	40	F	PDPH s/p Transforaminal ESI	3 months	Left C5-C6	Yes	6 mL	Relief within 15 min	Previous failed Interlaminar EBP ×2
Walega	39	F	SIH	8 weeks	Bilateral C7-T1	Yes	5 mL Left; 2 mL Right	Relief time not reported	Previous failed Interlaminar EBP ×2
Bowden	65	M	SIH	13 years	Bilateral L4-L5	Yes	15 mL; Bilateral ×2	Relief within 5 min	Multiple previous Interlaminar EBP