{"title":"Prevalence of Dural Puncture headache after caesarean section at a Tertiary Hospital in the Gambia","authors":"Matthew Anyanwu, Admire Coker, Donkor Simon","doi":"10.1101/2024.04.25.24306406","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<strong>Background</strong> Following a caesarean section performed under spinal anaesthesia, a common complication is post-dural puncture headache (PDPH). Spinal anaesthesia has become the most common anaesthetic procedure during caesarean section in our practice. Therefore, knowing the prevalence and risk factors of PDPH will inform practice and add value in our obstetrics practice.","PeriodicalId":501409,"journal":{"name":"medRxiv - Obstetrics and Gynecology","volume":"83 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"medRxiv - Obstetrics and Gynecology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.25.24306406","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Background Following a caesarean section performed under spinal anaesthesia, a common complication is post-dural puncture headache (PDPH). Spinal anaesthesia has become the most common anaesthetic procedure during caesarean section in our practice. Therefore, knowing the prevalence and risk factors of PDPH will inform practice and add value in our obstetrics practice.