Unintentional Dural Puncture and Prophylactic Epidural Blood Patch in Obstetrics

Department of Anesthesiology, Hahnemann University Hospital, Broad and Vine Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Pietro Colonna-Romano, Department of Anesthesiology, Hahnemann University Hospital, Broad and Vine Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19102. The authors wish to thank Dr. Henry Rosenberg for valuable suggestions about the manuscript. Accepted for publication May 4, 1989.