Prophylactic blood patch does not prevent post lumbar puncture headache
- 1 March 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
- Vol. 26 (2) , 132-133
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03013783
Abstract
Of 86 patients in whom accidental puncture of the dura occurred during insertion of a needle for induction of epidural analgesia for labour and delivery, 11 received a prophylactic blood patch at the completion of delivery. Of the 75 patients with no prophylactic blood patch, 59 per cent developed post-lumbar-puncture headache, while 54 per cent of those who had a prophylactic blood patch developed headache. The prophylactic blood patch appears to have no value in preventing post-lumbar-puncture headache in this small group of patients. Ľ’injection dans ľespace péridural de sang autologue avant le retrait du cathéter contribuet-il à diminuer ľincidence de céphalées lorsqu’il y a eu perforation accidentelle de la dure-mère au coursďanesthésie péridurale? Cette mesure a été utilisée 11 fois chez 86 parturientes ayant subi une telle perforation au cours ďune anesthésie péridurale effectuée durant le travail. Cinquante-quatre pour cent de ces 11 malades ont présenté des céphalées posturales. Cinquante-neuf pour cent des 75 autres malades ont connu la même complication. Cette technique paraît donc sans valeur préventive.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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