Open AccessIncidence of postspinal headache and low backache following the median and paramedian approaches in spinal anesthesia
Author(s) -
Balwant Singh,
A Sohal,
Iqbal Singh,
Subash Goyal,
Prabhjot Kaur,
Joginder Pal Attri
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/aer.aer_139_17
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , anesthesia , spinal anesthesia , surgery , american society of anesthesiologists , post dural puncture headache , physics , optics
Postspinal headache and low backache are common complaints following spinal anesthesia which regresses spontaneously but sometimes becomes very troublesome for the patient as well as for the anesthesiologists. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of postspinal headache and low backache after spinal anesthesia in lower abdominal surgery.