“…In our investigation, no difference in both approaches for the occurrence of complications (bradycardia, hypotension, urinary retention, PDPH, backache local anaesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST), and unsuccessful blockade). Similarly to our study, Puthenveettil N. et al [12] found that 3, 3% of cases in each group complained of pruritus. One case in group DPE developed PDPH, but none of the cases in group EPL did; nevertheless, this difference was not statistically significant.…”