SGB in Management of Patients With PDPH Using TCD

Summary

This study aims to investigate the ability of SPGB in the management of PDPH. Transcranial Doppler is also used as an measure to assess the block success by detecting the variability in the cerebral hemodynamics before and after the block.

Timeline

Start

2020-05-24

Primary completion

2020-09-20

Completion

2020-09-20

Publications

• Background Basurto Ona X, Osorio D, Bonfill Cosp X. Drug therapy for treating post-dural puncture headache. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Jul 15;2015(7):CD007887. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007887.pub3.
• Results Abdelhaleem NF, Othman HA, Abdel Razek GM, et al. (2019). Is the Combination of Glasgow Coma Scale and Transcranial Doppler Pulsatility Index Improving the Prediction of Outcome in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients? ZUMJ, 2019, 25(5): 529-538, doi:10.21608/zumj.2019.10082.10740

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