title: Incidence of post-dural puncture headache with 25-gauge Quincke spinal needle.
abstract: A retrospective study was undertaken in patients who received spinal anesthesia in past two years in order to find out the incidence of post-spinal headache. There were 3729 cases, 1997 males and 1732 females. Seventy-two patients were noted to have post-spinal headache of whom twelve were male and sixty were female. The overall incidence was 1.93%. Incidence was 0.6% and 3.5% in male and female groups respectively. With respect to the type of surgical procedures in female group, patients undergoing Cesarean section had a higher incidence than those who received other surgical procedures, being 4.8% and 1.5% respectively. In conclusion, female patients were noted to have higher incidence of post-spinal headache, particularly in patients undergoing Cesarean section.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009339:Needles; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013129:Spinal Puncture / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation