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JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE
Volume 6, Issue 6, Pages 567-569Publisher
AMER ASSOC NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2007.6.6.9
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acupuncture needle; cerebrospinal fluid fistula; migration; complication
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Acupuncture is a frequently used adjuvant treatment for chronic pain conditions. The authors report the case of a patient in whom the delayed migration of embedded acupuncture needles into the lumbar spinal canal caused the formation of a cerebrospinal fluid fistula and spine-related headache. The needles were safely removed surgically and the patient improved clinically.
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