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Sprotte needle for intrathecal anaesthesia for Caesarean section: incidence of postdural puncture headache
Author(s) -
CESARINI M.,
TORRIELLI R.,
LAHAYE F.,
MENE J. M.,
CABIRO C.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14392.x
Subject(s) - medicine , caesarean section , spinal anesthesia , headaches , anesthesia , incidence (geometry) , surgery , pregnancy , genetics , physics , optics , biology
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.