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Published on: January 27, 2010
Post-dural puncture headache following caesarean section in Nigerian parturients: A comparison of two spinal needles
S Fyneface-Ogan1, C N Mato, M T Odagme
1Department of Anaesthesia, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt.
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of needle diameter of the same tip configuration in the causation of Post Dural Puncture Headache (PDPH).
Methods:
This prospective, single blind, randomised study compares the incidence of PDPH from two spinal needles (Becton Dickinson Whitacre sizes 25 G and 26 G needles) in obstetric patients. One hundred women undergoing elective and emergency Caesarean delivery under spinal anaesthesia were recruited. Each of the patients was interviewed using a standard questionnaire and reviewed until the seventh day postoperative. Both intraoperative and postoperative complications that occur were promptly treated.
Results:
There was no significant difference in the number of attempts at insertion in both groups, although a shorter time was achieved in group25. PDPH occurred in 6.0% of those in group25.
Conclusion:
There was no difference in the insertion characteristics between the two needles.
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