Post Dural Puncture Headache after Cesarean Section, a Teaching Hospital Experience

Objective: This prospective study examined the frequency of Post-Dural Puncture Headache (PDPH) in361 parturient women undergoing spinal anesthesia for cesarean section in a teaching hospital ofTehran University of Medical Sciences.Materials and methods: Spinal anesthesia was performed using 25 gauge Quincke needles in allwomen. Patients were followed up to determine incidence of PDPH and then tried to compare those withor without PDPH using statistical methods to determine risk factors of PDPH.Results: The overall incidence of PDPH was 10.8 percent in this study. In terms of probable risk factorswhich were compared between the two groups of patients, no statistically significant differences werefound.Conclusion: The incidence of PDPH in our study was higher than studies which used pencil - tippedneedles and we determined that the occurrence of PDPH is not associated to some factors like theprevious history of nonspecific headache, Body Mass Index, age, type of local anesthetic, previoushistory of PDPH, experience of operator, history of habitual tea and coffee drinking.