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Postdural Puncture Headaches in Pediatric Patients: A Review of Options When Repeated Epidural Blood Patches Do Not
Vipin Bansal1, Genevieve D'Souza2, Emmanuel Aladade1
1Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA.
Abstract:
We present the case of an adolescent with refractory postdural puncture headache (PDPH), whose symptoms resolved with a sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) nerve block using a J-tip style catheter. Our patient was treated with multiple modalities, including conservative and medical management, multiple epidural blood patches, and different nerve blocks. We discussed different treatments for the PDPH, why each modality did not work, and why our SPG block with a J-tip catheter possibly provided a better sympathetic block in a patient with intractable PDPH for two weeks.
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