Postdural puncture headache: Is epidural saline patch effective – A case report
Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) is a major complication of lumber puncture or accidental dural puncture especially in patients with raised intrabdominal pressure like pregnancy, abdominal tumors etc. Many interventions have been tried to prevent and treat PDPH. None of them is 100% effective and...
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Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara
2014-05-01
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| description | Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) is a major complication of lumber puncture or accidental dural puncture especially in patients with raised intrabdominal pressure like pregnancy, abdominal tumors etc. Many interventions have been tried to prevent and treat PDPH. None of them is 100% effective and variable success rates have been reported. We present a case of successful use of epidural saline patch to treat PDPH caused by accidental dural puncture in a 45 yrs female with large ovarian tumor. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5e8f8779c0e748c0b6d7771ff87c5dcb2022-12-22T00:34:06ZengManipal College of Medical Sciences, PokharaAsian Journal of Medical Sciences2467-91002091-05762014-05-0154100102https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v5i4.9865Postdural puncture headache: Is epidural saline patch effective – A case reportRavi Prakash 0King George's Medical University Shefali GautamPostdural puncture headache (PDPH) is a major complication of lumber puncture or accidental dural puncture especially in patients with raised intrabdominal pressure like pregnancy, abdominal tumors etc. Many interventions have been tried to prevent and treat PDPH. None of them is 100% effective and variable success rates have been reported. We present a case of successful use of epidural saline patch to treat PDPH caused by accidental dural puncture in a 45 yrs female with large ovarian tumor.https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/AJMS/article/view/9865pdphepidural saline patchovarian tumorblood patch |
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| title | Postdural puncture headache: Is epidural saline patch effective – A case report |
| title_full | Postdural puncture headache: Is epidural saline patch effective – A case report |
| title_fullStr | Postdural puncture headache: Is epidural saline patch effective – A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Postdural puncture headache: Is epidural saline patch effective – A case report |
| title_short | Postdural puncture headache: Is epidural saline patch effective – A case report |
| title_sort | postdural puncture headache is epidural saline patch effective a case report |
| topic | pdph epidural saline patch ovarian tumor blood patch |
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