Treatment of Refractory Postdural Puncture Headache after Intrathecal Drug Delivery System Implantation with Epidural Blood Patch Procedures: A 20-Year Experience

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Location of EBP relative to IDDS catheter</td><td class="align_center">Incidence</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">At IDDS insertion site</td><td class="align_center">6% (1/17)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">1 level below</td><td class="align_center">47% (8/17)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">2 levels below</td><td class="align_center">35% (6/17)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">3 or more levels below</td><td class="align_center">12% (2/17)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 3: Treatment of Refractory Postdural Puncture Headache after Intrathecal Drug Delivery System Implantation with Epidural Blood Patch Procedures: A 20-Year Experience 

Table 3 | Treatment of Refractory Postdural Puncture Headache after Intrathecal Drug Delivery System Implantation with Epidural Blood Patch Procedures: A 20-Year Experience 