ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026LB190 SPINAL CSF LEAKS IN CHRONIC SUBDURAL HEMATOMA (SPICE): INTERIM RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL TRIAL
Niklas Lützen, Katharina Wolf, Florian Volz, Amir El Rahal, Charlotte Zander, Manou Overstijns, Laura Krismer, Horst Urbach, Juergen Beck · 2026
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Niklas Lutzen and eight co-authors hunt spinal fluid leaks in patients with a slow brain bleed, in a 2026 conference abstract. A chronic subdural hematoma is a pooling of blood over the brain that swells over weeks and squeezes it. One under-known cause is a leak of spinal fluid from the spine, which can be fixed directly. The interim study runs at one German hospital and scans the brain and spine of each patient after standard care.
Of eighty-nine patients who got a full leak hunt, about sixteen percent proved to have a spinal leak. Most were a kind where fluid seeps into a vein. A stricter count puts the share near twelve percent. The authors say leaks are a real, curable driver in a sizable slice of these bleeds.
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| CREATOR | Niklas Lützen, Katharina Wolf, Florian Volz, Amir El Rahal, Charlotte Zander, Manou Overstijns, Laura Krismer, Horst Urbach, Juergen Beck |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |