Why the study?
Does epidural saline or an abdominal binder reduce the incidence of post spinal puncture headache in obstetric patients receiving spinal anaesthesia?
Does epidural saline or an abdominal binder reduce the incidence of post spinal puncture headache in obstetric patients receiving spinal anaesthesia?
Prophylactic use of epidural saline or an abdominal binder significantly reduces the incidence of post-dural puncture headache in obstetric patients.
May support prophylactic epidural saline or abdominal binder after obstetric spinal anaesthesia; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials.
Three consecutive groups of 50 obstetric patients received spinal anaesthesia. The control group received no prophylactic treatment for spinal headache, the second group were treated by the epidural injection of 20-25 ml of normal saline and the third group were treated by abdominal binder. There was no statistically significant difference between the two forms of treatment but the results show that the incidence of post spinal puncture headache can be significantly reduced by applying either of them.
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