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  • Title: [The relief of postspinal headache using the Whitacre cannula. A clinical study].
    Author: Kreuscher H, Sandmann G.
    Journal: Reg Anaesth; 1989 May; 12(3):46-9. PubMed ID: 2772272.
    Abstract:
    In a prospective study spinal anesthesia was performed in 500 patients (338 male and 162 female patients between 16 and 91 years of age: mean 46 years), with a total number of 603 spinal anesthetics. In all cases a 22G Whitacre needle was used. All patients were mobilized from the day of the operation onward and visited 4 days later by the interviewer and asked about any symptoms, especially headache. Mild postspinal headache occurred in 11 cases (1.8% of total), all in patients younger than 50 years of age and more in women. There were 6 patients among the 11 who did not need specific therapy their headache; for the others antipyretic analgesics, adequate hydration and/or bedrest were satisfactory. The study shows that the incidence of postspinal headache was significantly reduced by the use of Whitacre's pencil-point needle in comparison with findings reported in the literature.
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