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Brief Title: Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block for Post-Dural Puncture Headache
Official Title: Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block for Treatment of Postdural Puncture Headache: A Prospective Randomized Double Blind Placebo Controlled Study
Study ID: NCT02181205
Brief Summary: The investigators are attempting to determine a less invasive method of treatment for postdural puncture headaches that can occur after regional anesthesia. The investigators will be evaluating the relief of headache with those subjects receiving treatment with a sphenopalatine ganglion block with bupivacaine versus placebo, evaluating the incidence of epidural blood patch, pain score of headache at 1 hour, then 24, 48, and 72 hours lower with post study treatment versus placebo, and potential side effects of those patients receiving study therapy as well as epidural blood patch.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT
Sex: FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers: No
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Name: Peter H Pan, MD, MSEE
Affiliation: Wake Forest School of Medicine-Anesthesiology
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR