BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Post-dural puncture headache is a possible and expected complication in a small percentage of cases after spinal anesthesia. The objective of the current report was to describe the therapeutic conduct in a case of post-dural puncture headache with seven months of evolution. CASE REPORT A 40-year-old healthy female who complained of headache for seven months, which be...

Postpartum headache is the complaint of cephalic, neck, or shoulder pain occurring during the first 6 weeks after delivery. The overall incidence of postpartum headache has not been determined in a prospective study. However, information is available from a prospective evaluation of women during the first week postpartum1 and from a prospectively collected database that recorded symptoms during...

The objectives of this study is to find the incidence of post dural puncture headache(PDPH) while using traumatic(Quincke) and atraumatic(Whitacre) needles for spinal anaesthesia . A prospective randomized double blind study in 100 ASA 1 and 2 patients undergoing lumbar subarachnoid block for elective inguinal hernia surgery conducted over 8 months. Lumbar puncture was performed by Anaesthesiol...

Background Subdural hematoma (SDH) after accidental dural puncture (ADP) is rare but may be lethal. We experienced a patient who developed SDH after combined spinal and epidural anesthesia without a headache. Case presentation A 41-year-old parturient female with an unruptured cerebral aneurysm, was scheduled to undergo elective cesarean delivery. Cerebrospinal fluid leakage was identified du...