USE OF A 25–GAUGE WHITACRE NEEDLE TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE

Can dexamethasone reduce postdural puncture headache?

Postdural puncture headache

Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) is a common complication after inadvertent dural puncture. Risks factors include female sex, young age, pregnancy, vaginal delivery, low body mass index, and being a non-smoker. Needle size, design, and the technique used also affect the risk. Because PDPH can be incapacitating, prompt diagnosis and treatment are mandatory. A diagnostic hallmark of PDPH is a p...

Impact of postdural puncture headache after diagnostic lumbar puncture

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Postdural puncture headache and pregabalin

BACKGROUND Even if carried out under optimal conditions, postdural puncture headache is still a frustrating and unpleasant complication in spinal anesthesia. This syndrome has an estimated incidence from less than 1% to about 5% of patients undergoing spinal anesthesia, even in the highest risk subset, the young, female, and pregnant population. CASE PRESENTATION In our two female cases, head...

Postdural puncture headache: a literature review.

This is a review of literature from 1943 to mid-1989 on the postdural puncture headache. The article looks at the currently held thoughts on the cause, prevention, and treatments of this second most frequent side effect of spinal anesthesia. Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) is caused by vascular distension within the nondistensible cranium following the leakage of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) ...