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- Can Anaesth Soc J. 1979 Mar 1;26(2):132-3.
AbstractOf 86 patients in whom accidental puncture of the dura occurred during insertion of a needle for induction of epidural analgeisa for labour and delivery, 11 received a prophylactic blood patch at the completion of delivery. Of the 75 patients with no prophylactic blood patch, 59 per cent developed post-lumbar-puncture headache, while 54 per cent of those who had a prophylactic blood patch developed headache. The prophylactic blood patch appears to have no value in preventing post-lumbar-puncture headache in this small group of patients.
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