Incidence of postspinal headache and low backache following the median and paramedian approaches in spinal anesthesia

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: 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. MATERIALS AND METHODS: < 0.05 considered as statistically significant. RESULTS: value calculated statistically was < 0.05 and hence statistically significant in paramedian approach in respect of incidence of both postspinal headache and backache. CONCLUSION: Incidence of postspinal headache and low backache is less in paramedian approach than in median approach.