1. Treatment of Post-Dural Puncture Headache With Bilateral Greater Occipital Nerve Block
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Hülya Başar, Çetin Kaymak, Suna Akin Takmaz, and Çiğdem Ünal Kantekin
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Post-dural-puncture headache ,Intrathecal ,Anesthesia, Spinal ,Spinal Puncture ,Hematoma ,medicine ,Back pain ,Humans ,Effective treatment ,Epidural blood patch ,business.industry ,Headache ,Nerve Block ,medicine.disease ,Subdural Effusion ,Greater occipital nerve block ,Surgery ,body regions ,Neurology ,Anesthesia ,Dura Mater ,Neurology (clinical) ,Arachnoiditis ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
(Headache 2010;50:869-881) Epidural blood patch is an effective treatment with a low complication rate. It is also an invasive method that can cause permanent neurological sequelae such as early and late back pain, radiculopathy, spinal-subdural hematoma, spinal-epiarachnoid hematoma, intrathecal hematoma, arachnoiditis, and infection. We report a case in which a postdural puncture headache resolved within 2 minutes of a greater occipital nerve block, a minimally invasive and easy procedure with a low complication rate. This case report suggests that a greater occipital nerve block may be a successful alternative treatment for patients with post-dural puncture headache.
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- 2009
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