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Incidence of post-spinal headache in Africans
1Department of Anaesthesia, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria.
West African Journal of Medicine
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
1000 patients receiving subarachnoid anaesthesia for various surgical procedures were studied. The patients were followed up postoperatively and the incidence and severity of post-spinal headache determined. The overall incidence was 2.8%. It was higher in females than in males and decreased with increasing age.