Effective Epidural Blood Patch Volumes for Postdural Puncture Headache in Taiwanese Women

Is epidural dexamethasone effective in preventing postdural puncture headache?

BACKGROUND Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) is one of the common complications of spinal anesthesia; it is observed in 1-40% of cases involving spinal anesthesia. It can cause considerable morbidity and 40% of cases may require invasive treatments such as epidural blood patch. With the exception of invasive treatments such as an epidural blood patch, current standard treatment modalities have...

Management of postdural puncture headache with epidural blood patch in a child

Corresponding author: Eun-Ju Kim, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Daegu Fatima Hospital, 576-31, Sinam-dong, Dong-gu, Daegu 701-600, Korea. Tel: 82-53-940-7434, Fax: 82-53-954-7417, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3....

Subdural Hematoma and Postdural Puncture Headache from Intrathecal Pump Placement Resolved with Lumbar Epidural Blood Patch

Intrathecal drug delivery systems are commonly used in the management of chronic pain, cancer pain and neuromuscular disorders with muscle spasticity. The complications associated with intrathecal pump placement include persistent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, hygroma, meningitis, and granuloma formation. A severe persistent CSF leak may cause postdural puncture headache along with acute intr...

Experience of epidural blood patch for post-dural puncture headache.

Post-dural puncture headache is a common outcome following either spinal or epidural anesthesia. Cases were collected within five years' period (1988-1992) in Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. Those cases with relief of post-dural puncture headache after conservative treatment were excluded. There were 159 cases, 128 female patients and 31 male patients. Age ranged from 16-63 yrs. Post-dura...

Letter: Epidural blood patch for post-lumbar-puncture headache.