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October 1, 1992AnaesthesiaOpen Access

Spinal anaesthesia for urological surgery

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Population

100 consecutive patients who underwent spinal anaesthesia for urological surgery

Design

Cross-sectional

Follow-up

24 to 48 hours postoperatively

Authors

DHDon HarrisonQueen's Medical CentreBLB. T. LanghamUniversity of Nottingham

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Overview

Multiple attempts associated with higher PDPH risk; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation before practice change.

Structured PICO

P
Population
100 consecutive patients who underwent spinal anaesthesia for urological surgery
I
Intervention
Spinal anaesthesia
O
Outcome
Incidence of postdural puncture headachesafety

Multiple attempts at subarachnoid puncture during spinal anaesthesia significantly increase the risk of postdural puncture headache.

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Harrison et al. (1992) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7153d26ceb2bbd16e01faahttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1992.tb03161.x
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