Sprotte needle for intrathecal anaesthesia for Caesarean section: incidence of postdural puncture headache
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- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Anaesthesia
- Vol. 45 (8) , 656-658
Abstract
Summary: Caesarean section was performed under spinal anaesthesia in 55 women using a 25‐gauge diamond‐tipped needle and in a further 55 mothers with a 24‐gauge Sprotte needle. Eight patients (14.5%) developed a headache in the former group, five of whom required a blood patch. There were no headaches reported in the Sprotte group.Keywords
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