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Do pencil-point spinal needles decrease the incidence of postdural puncture headache in reality? A comparative study between pencil-point 25G Whitacre and cutting-beveled 25G Quincke spinal needles in 320 obstetric patients

BACKGROUND: Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) is a distressing complication of the subarachnoid block. The previous studies conducted, including the recent ones, do not conclusively prove that pencil-point spinal needles decrease the incidence of PDPH. In this study, we have tried to find out wheth...

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Autores principales: Pal, Anirban, Acharya, Amita, Pal, Nidhi Dawar, Dawn, Satrajit, Biswas, Jhuma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25885381
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0259-1162.94757