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Repetitive hearing loss following dural puncture treated with autologous epidural blood patch
Author(s) -
Lybegker H.,
Andersen T.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1995.tb04211.x
Subject(s) - medicine , epidural blood patch , surgery , autologous blood , anesthesia , hearing loss , blood loss , post dural puncture headache , complication , spinal anesthesia , audiology
A case of repetitive hearing loss following an otherwise uncomplicated diagnostic dural puncture is presented. The patient developed severe postdural puncture headache (PDPH) and three episodes of pronounced vestibulocochlear disturbances within five weeks after only one dural puncture. On all three occasions the headache and the associated symptoms were treated with an autologous epidural blood patch (AEBP) resulting in the immediate disappearance of all the subjective complaints of postdural puncture headache and the normalization of an audiological test within minutes.