Spinal anaesthesia is associated with certain complications such as severe hypotension, post-spinal headache, meningitis, audiovisual disturbances and some time transient or permanent neurological damage. Now-a-days spinal anaesthesia is in demand again due to cost effectiveness, rapidity and predictability of effects and decreased rate of complications. A case of a young woman who received spi...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Unilateral spinal anesthesia may be advantageous, especially for outpatient procedures. Low anesthetic doses, pencil point or cutting point needles, slow injection rate and the lateral position have been reported as helping unilateral spinal anesthesia technique. This longitudinal study aimed at investigating the depth of unilateral spinal anesthesia with 5 mg of 0.5% ...

Introduction
 Post-dural punction headache (PDH) is defined as an orthostatic that develops within the first few days after performing a spinal tap and it related to extravasation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) into epidural space, resulting in hypovolemia CSF hypotension. The risk factors for PDH are not yet fully understood. 
 Objective
 To evaluate spontaneously reported accordi...

Medical treatment of postlumbar puncture headache (post-LP HA) is often difficult and ineffective. Prevention would be preferable to more invasive procedures, including blood patch. The aim was to determine the incidence of post-LP HA in two suspected high risk groups compared with the general outpatient population. Based on previous research, it was hypothesised that a low substance P concentr...

BACKGROUND Headache is a common complication of lumbar puncture (LP). Although in most cases post-LP headaches are not severe and have a benign course, they can also be a manifestation of a potentially life-threatening complication such as subdural hematoma (SDH). CASE REPORT We describe a patient in whom a massive SDH developed after LP and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage, which were perf...

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BACKGROUND Combined spinal-epidural analgesia provides rapid-onset analgesia with minimal motor block, but it is a more invasive technique than epidural analgesia and the risk of complications may be increased. This study compared the safety and effect on delivery of combined spinal-epidural and epidural analgesia in labor. METHODS A retrospective observational study was performed. Data were ...