Postdural Puncture Headache After Spinal Anaesthesia in Young Orthopaedic Outpatients Using 27-G Needles

Post-dural puncture headaches in children. A literature review

“…Of the 40 articles to which we refer and which were published between 1990 and 2002, 9 review existing literature and refer to numerous studies but often do not mention how many patients are included in the studies [5,7,8,10,11,13,15,23,34]. Twenty-one articles are prospective studies, referring to other studies in the discussion [3,6,9,12,14,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,25,28,32,33,35,37,38,39,41]; four are retrospective studies [1,26,31,40], three are case reports followed by literature review [4,27,36]; two editorials [2,29] and one is a letter [30].…”

“…dependent on the needle used [10,25,27]. Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from PDPH but this predominance decreases gradually until the menopause, when susceptibility becomes equal [4,6,8,10,11,19,23].…”

A Comparative Study to Know the Incidence of Post-Dural Puncture Headache Following Subarachnoid Block Using 27 G Quincke’s and Whitacre Needles - A Randomized Clinical Trial

“…4 Despond O et al study also has shown male predominance that is 74 males and 23 females in Quincke group and 71 males and 26 females in Whitacre group. 5 In this study the mean age in Quincke group was 38.58±11.95 years, whereas in Whitacre group it was 40.74±12.25 years. Lynch J and Despond O et al studies reported mean age of 37±14 and 32.5 years in Quincke group and 36±15 and 31.7 years in Whitacre group respectively.…”

“…Lynch J and Despond O et al studies reported mean age of 37±14 and 32.5 years in Quincke group and 36±15 and 31.7 years in Whitacre group respectively. 4,5 Lybecker H et al study in regard to the age, direction of the bevel of the needle and previous history PDPH were found to be significant predicator of PDPH. 6 Sudlow C et al did a randomized trial to assess the effects on post-dural puncture headache of a period of bed rest versus early mobilization of different position during a period of bed rest and of administering supplementary fluids after the procedure.…”

Reply

“…The effect of RA on OR efficiency is controversial [1][2][3]. The use of a block room has been shown to significantly reduce the preprocedure anesthesia OR time for brachial plexus analgesia when compared to brachial plexus analgesia performed in the OR [1].…”