SPINAL ANAESTHESIA IN YOUNG PATIENTS USING A 29-GAUGE NEEDLE: TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND AN EVALUATION OF POSTOPERATIVE COMPLAINTS COMPARED WITH GENERAL ANAESTHESIA
Open Access
- 1 February 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 64 (2) , 178-182
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/64.2.178
Abstract
One hundred patients aged 18–49 yr, undergoing elective arthroscopy of the knee joint, were allocated randomly to either spinal anaesthesia using a 29-gauge spinal needle or general anaesthesia. Dural puncture was considered difficult in 18% of the patients receiving spinal anaesthesia. In three patients (6%) it was necessary to supplement the spinal anaesthetic with general anaesthesia. Spinal and general anaesthesia were otherwise uneventful in all patients. The incidence of postoperative headache was similar in the two groups. One patient developed post dural puncture headache following spinal anaesthesia. This headache was of short duration and disappeared without treatment. Spinal anaesthesia caused more backache than general anaesthesia, otherwise the frequency of postoperative complaints was the same or lower. Ninety-six percent of the patients receiving spinal anaesthesia would prefer the same anaesthetic for a similar procedure in the futureKeywords
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