Pathology

Intracranial Hypotension

Spinal surgery

Engineering

Surgery

Cerebrospinal fluid leak

Cerebrospinal fluid

Leak

Anesthesia

Medicine

Environmental engineering

Journal of Neurosurgery Spine

Spinal CSF leaks cause spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH). Surgical closure of spinal CSF leaks is the treatment of choice for persisting leaks. Surgical approaches vary, and there are no studies in which minimally invasive techniques were used. In this study, the authors aimed to detail the safety and feasibility of minimally invasive microsurgical sealing of spinal CSF leaks using nonexpandable tubular retractors.

Minimally invasive surgery for spinal cerebrospinal fluid leaks in spontaneous intracranial hypotension