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2022 Mar 28


J Clin Anesth


79

Long-term morbidities following unintentional dural puncture in obstetric patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Authors

Mims SC, Tan H S, Sun K, Pham T, Rubright S, Kaplan SJ, Habib AS
J Clin Anesth. 2022 Mar 28; 79:110787.
PMID: 35358942.

Abstract

To investigate the association of unintentional dural puncture (UDP) and postdural puncture headache (PDPH) with the risk of chronic headache, backache, neckache and depression. We also investigated if epidural blood patch (EBP) is associated with reduced risk of these morbidities.