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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1979; 2(3):155-159

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1979.2.3.155

Original Article

A Clinical Study of Postlumbar-Puncture Headaches

Sun Ho Chee
Corresponding author: Chee Sun Ho. Department of Neurlogical Surgery, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Korea.

Copyright ⓒ 1979. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

The onset and persistence of headache following spinal puncture is a continual problem to physicians who perform this procedure. There is considerable evidence that headaches following spinal puncture result from low cerebrospinal fluid pressure caused by leakage through the puncture in the dural sac. The author has studied the value and consequences of prophylactic autologous epidural blood patch in postlumbar-puncture headaches. Fifty patients undergoing myelography received prophylactic autologous epidural blood patches to prevent postlumbar-puncture headache; the results indicate a significant reduction in the incidence and severity of this problem compared to a control group, without any significant side effects. Based on the results of this study, author believes that epidural blood patch is a safe and effective procedure of prophylaxis and treatment for postlumbar-puncture headache.