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Intracranial Hypotension Symposium Announcement

Medical News

The Intracranial Hypotension Symposium to be held on October 14, 2017 will be hosted by Cedars-Sinai in partnership with Spinal CSF Leak Foundation.

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Q&A with Dr Ian Carroll - Anaesthetist

Medical News

In the fourth edition of Leaker Life we featured the first of three live Q & A sessions with the worlds leading CSF leak specialists. In this edition, we summarise the session with Dr Carroll.

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CSF Leak Association AGM 2017

We held our inaugural AGM on the 2 May 2017. It was a good opportunity to look back over the past 14 months and see how much we have achieved. Despite all, bar one, of our Trustees having a CSF Leak themselves, we’ve done a lot.

A Message from the Editor

Welcome to the fourth edition of Leaker Life. Since our last edition, many exciting developments have been taking place for the association. The first quarter of 2017 saw the very first Spinal CSF…

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The Kilt Ride returns for 2017!

Fundraising Events

Following the success of the inaugural Kilt Ride in 2016, this year's event, organised by Ray Michael (aka 'The Scotorian Biker'), promises to be bigger and better this year! As many of you may…

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Leak Week 2017: Summary

Medical News

The end of February saw the launch of the first ever ‘Leak Week’, a week dedicated to raising awareness of spinal cerebrospinal fluid leaks, running from 26th Feb to 4th March, 2017.

Dr Peter G. Kranz - Interventional Neuro-Radiologist

Medical News

This is part 1 in a 3 part series summarising the three live Q & A sessions which took place during Leak Week, involving three of the world’s leading specialists in CSF Leaks.We wish to express…

Leaker Profile - Chris Plant

Chris shares the story of his CSF leak journey. You can read more patient stories on our patient experience's…

Leaker Profile - Ingrid Syndal

Ingrid shares her story about life with a CSF leak. You can read about more patient stories on our patient experience's…

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Visit to the University Hospital in Freiburg, Germany to see Prof. H. Urbach

Medical News

Sarah Mead talks about her experience of travelling to Germany for treatment in 2015.


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