Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
ISSN: 2155-6148
Department of Surgery, Negelle Arsi General Hospital and Medical College, Negelle Arsi, Ethiopia
Case Report
Effectiveness of Epidural Blood Patch for the Management of Post Dural Puncture Headache: A Case Done at Negelle Arsi General Hospital and Medical College, Negelle Arsi, Ethiopia
Author(s): Ashebir Nigussie Yirgu*, Daniel Gidabo and Aman Safawo Dalecha
Post dural puncture headache is one of the main post spinal complication or unintentional puncture of dura
particularly in clients with high intrabdominal pressure like obesity, and young adults. None of the interventions
tried to avoid and treat Post Dural Puncture Headache is 100% definite. We presented an incident of one effective
attempt of epidural blood patch with 20 ml of autologous blood to treat severe PDPH caused by 22-gauge needle
Lumbar puncture in 29 years old male patient diagnosed as prepatellar bursitis with fluid collection. Currently the
best management of severe PDPH was epidural blood patch, which lead to improvement of symptom in 93% of
clients after single EBP and in 97% after second EBP... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-6148.20.11.976