Postdural puncture headache: Is epidural saline patch effective – A case report
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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...
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OBJECTIVE In this study, we investigated the safety and effectiveness of epidural saline injection to prevent post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-three patients with ALL undergoing induction therapy were accepted for the study. Four to six courses of intrathecal methotrexate therapy were administered to each pat...
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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....
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2091-0576,2467-9100
DOI: 10.3126/ajms.v5i4.9865