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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 40, 607-611, Copyright © 1993 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Postdural puncture headache: a randomized prospective comparison of the 24 gauge Sprotte and the 27 gauge Quincke needles in young patients

S Wiesel, MJ Tessler and LJ Easdown
Department of Anaesthesia, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada.

This study was designed to compare the frequency of postdural puncture headaches (PDPH) using the 24 gauge Sprotte and the 27 gauge Quincke spinal needles in a population of patients less than 45 yr of age undergoing spinal anaesthesia for non-obstetrical surgery. Patients were randomly assigned to receive spinal anaesthesia with either the 24 gauge Sprotte spinal needle (n = 46) or the 27 gauge Quincke spinal needle (n = 47). Patients were interviewed on either postoperative day one or two and on postoperative day three. A PDPH was defined as a headache involving the occipital or frontal areas that is made worse when assuming either the sitting or standing position. Ninety-three patients were included in the analysis of data. The overall incidence of PDPH was 14% (13 of 93), and no difference was found between the Sprotte (15.2%) and Quincke (12.8%) needles. The distribution of the PDPHs by severity was not different between the two groups. None of the 13 patients with PDPHs required on epidural blood patch for relief of symptoms. Both the Sprotte needle and the Quincke needles were judged as easy to use and both required the same number of attempts in order to locate cerebrospinal fluid (first attempt successful: 73.9% versus 66%). Neither patient satisfaction nor the acceptability of spinal anaesthesia for a future procedure was adversely affected by the occurrence of a PDPH. The results of this study suggest that the risk of PDPH after spinal anaesthesia in young patients is similar using either the 24 gauge Sprotte or the 27 gauge Quincke spinal needle.


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