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Among the causes of spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-venous fistulas (CVFs) represent a recently discovered and poorly understood aetiology, for which invasive ...

Introduction Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) venous fistulae pose a significant therapeutic challenge due to their complex diagnosis and varied treatment outcomes. Traditional treatments, such as epidural ...

Introduction With promising reports of the short-term outcomes of endovascular transvenous embolization, this technique is now recognized as a highly efficient and safe treatment for patients with ...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistula is a rare complication and there is no consensus about its clinical ... Management strategies can be both conservative and invasive, including direct suture of the ...

which is called a CSF-venous fistula. Because the pressure in the vein is lower than the pressure in the spinal fluid, this acts like a one-way pipe that allows spinal fluid to flow out.

The association between venous outflow obstruction and the development of pseudotumour syndrome is well known, although the mechanism by which the rise in CSF pressure is brought about is less certain ...

especially CSF-venous fistula," said Keith L. Black, MD, chair of the department of Neurosurgery and the Ruth and Lawrence Harvey Chair in Neuroscience at Cedars-Sinai. "This specialized imaging ...