Roheena Wadood, Jawad Khan, Fayyaz Akhtar Qureshi.
Post Dural Puncture Headache (PDPH): Comparison of 25G Quincke & Whitacre Spinal Needles in Caesarean Sections.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;12(2):147-50.

Objective: To compare the frequency of post dural puncture headache in obstetric patients using 25 G Quincke and 25G Whitacre spinal needles. Design: Cross sectional, comparative study. Place and duration of study: Department of Anaesthesia, Post Graduate Medical Institute Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar from January 2010 to December 2010 Patients of Methods: Two hundred, full term pregnant women, fulfilling, the American society of Anaesthesiologist (ASA) 1 and II criteria,18 to 40 years of age, scheduled for elective caesarean section, under spinal anaesthesia, were randomized into two groups and the results of PDPH in both groups were compared and chi-square test was applied. The level of significance was significant, if P- value was less than 0.05. Result: The occurrence of PDPH was more in group A i.e. 40% while it was comparatively lower in group B i.e. 20% (p=0.002) Conclusion: when using 25 G Whitacre spinal needle, the frequency of PDPH was significantly lower than when a 25G Quincke spinal needle was used.

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