[Prevention of headache from spinal anesthesia with the use of epidural cortisone]

The Authors have analysed the etiopathogenetic factors of the post-dural puncture headache. To prevent this complication they have experimented an original method: in 74 patients they have injected 1.5 mg of betamethasone (diluted in physiological solution) into the epidural space after the anaesthetic infusion. They conclude supporting the validity of this method of prevention and its safety.