Open AccessSphenopalatine ganglion block for treatment of post-dural puncture headache in obstetric patients: An observational study
Author(s) -
Nitu Puthenveettil,
Sunil Rajan,
Anish Mohan,
Jerry Paul,
Lakshmi Kumar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_443_18
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , ganglion , block (permutation group theory) , anesthesia , surgery , anatomy , geometry , mathematics
Post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) is a consequence of spinal and epidural anaesthesia in approximately 1% of obstetric patients. The gold standard for its treatment is epidural blood patch. Sphenopalatine ganglion block (SPGB) has been proposed as a non-invasive intervention with minimal adverse effect. The primary objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of SPGB for treatment of PDPH. Secondary objectives were to assess onset of analgesia, duration of block and adverse effects.