Incidence of neurological complications and post-dural puncture headache after regional anesthesia in obstetric practice: A retrospective study of 2399 patients
Keywords:
Anesthesia, Obstetrical Anesthesia, Conduction Analgesia, Anesthesia Epidural, Nerve Block
Abstract
Introduction and objectives:Regional anesthesia provides excellent anesthesia and analgesia in obstetric patients, but has potential for complications such as post-dural puncture headache and permanent or transient nerve damage. This study aimed to describe the incidence of post-dural puncture headache and nerve damage in the obstetric population of a university hospital that was submitted to neuraxial blockades, comparing with the world literature, and identify risk factors.
Materials and methods: A retrospective cohort was performed including data collected in the records of post-anesthetic consults conducted during the year 2010. The main analysis was performed on the complaints of peripheral neurological deficits and headaches reported by patients, type of anesthesia and performed surgical procedures. A multiple regression analysis was performed to investigate the association between the onset of lower limb paresthesias and the length of stay of these patients in the gynecological position and other variables.
Results: A total of 2399 pregnant patients who had undergone neuraxial blockade were evaluated. Neurologic complications that occurred in these patients were divided into lower limb paresthesias (0.3%), transient radicular irritation (0.1%), and post-dural puncture headache (3%). The patients who stayed more than 60 min in gynecological position showed an odds ratio of evolution with lower limb paresthesias of 1.75 and patients who stayed more than 120 min showed an odds ratio of 2.1, but without statistical significance.
Conclusions:Patients submitted to neuraxial blockades and placed in gynecological position were more likely to evolve with lower limb paresthesias related to duration of this position.
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3. Rodgers A, Walker N, Schug S, McKee A, Kehlet H, van Zundert A, et al. Reduction of postoperative mortality and morbidity with epidural and spinal anaesthesia: Results from overview of randomized trials. BMJ. 2000;321:1493.
4. Urwin SC, Parker MJ, Griffiths R. General versus regional anaesthesia for hip fracture surgery: A meta-analysis of randomized trials. Br J Anaesth. 2000;84:450-5.
5. Wu CL, Hurley RW, Anderson GF, Herbert R, Rowlingson AJ, Fleisher LA. Effect of postoperative epidural analgesia on morbidity and mortality following surgery in medicare patients. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2004;29:525-33.
6. Loubert C, Hinova A, Fernando R. Update on modern neuraxial analgesia in labour: A review of the literature of the last 5 years. Anaesth. 2011;66:191-217.
7. Blanshard HJ, Cook TM. Use of combined spinal-epidural by obstetric anesthetists. Anaesth. 2004;59:922-3.
8. Rawal N. Combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2005;18:518-21.
9. Preston R. The role of combined spinal epidural analgesia for labour: Is there still a question? Can J Anesth. 2007;54:9-14.
10. Cortes CA, Sanchez CA, Oliveira AS, Sanchez FM. Labor analgesia: A comparative study between combined spinal-epidural anesthesia versus continous epidural anesthesia. Rev Bras Anestesiol. 2007;57:39-51.
11. Abrao KC, Francisco RPV, Miyadahira S, Cicarelli DD, Zugaib M. Elevation of uterine basal tone and fetal heart rate abnormalities after labor analgesia: A randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2009;113:41-7.
12. Cicarelli DD, Silva RV, Frerichs E, Pagnocca ML. Combined spinal-epidural for labor analgesia: Does the addition of sufentanil to the local anesthetic influence Apgar scores of the newborn? Rev Bras Anestesiol. 2007;57:272-9.
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14. Cooper G, McClure J. Maternal deaths from anesthesia. An extract from Why Mothers Die 2000-2002, the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in the United Kingdom: Chapter 9: Anaesthesia. Br J Anaesth. 2005;94:417-23.
15. Choi PT, Galinski SE, Takeuchi L, Lucas S, Tamayo C, Jadad AR. PDPH is a common complication of neuraxial blockade in parturients: A meta-analysis of obstetrical studies. Can J Anaesth. 2003;50:460-9.
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18. Auroy Y, Benhamou D, Barques L, Ecoffey C, Falissard B, Mercier FJ, et al. Major complications of regional anesthesia in France: The SOS regional anesthesia hotline service. Anaesthesiol. 2002;97:1274-80.
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20. Reynolds F. Damage to the conus medullaris following spinal anaesthesia. Anaesthesia. 2001;56:235-47.
21. Puolakka R, Haasio J, Pitkanem M, Kallio M, Rosenberg PH. Technical aspects and postoperative sequelae of spinal and epidural anesthesia: A prospective study of 3230 orthopedic patients. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2000;25:488-97.
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50. Rodrigues FR, Brandao MJN. Anestesia regional para cesariana em gestantes obesas: estudo retrospectivo. Rev Bras Anestesiol. 2011;61:13-20
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Dias Cicarelli D, Frerichs E, Martins Benseñor FE. Incidence of neurological complications and post-dural puncture headache after regional anesthesia in obstetric practice: A retrospective study of 2399 patients. Colomb. J. Anesthesiol. [Internet]. 2014 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Apr. 18];42(1):28–32. Available from: https://www.revcolanest.com.co/index.php/rca/article/view/620
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