Epidural analgesia during childbirth. Minimising headache after dural puncture.
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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...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.307.6895.63-c