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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03156049
Date of registration: 14/05/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Assiut University
Public title: Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block Versus Occiptal Nerve Block in Treatment of Post Dural Puncture Headache PDPH
Scientific title: Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block Versus Occiptal Nerve Block in Treatment of Postduarl Puncture Headache
Date of first enrolment: July 14, 2017
Target sample size: 93
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03156049
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Egypt
Contacts
Name:     Hala Abdel-Ghaffar, MD
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Affiliation:  Assiut University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

ASA I-II Patients undergoing elective cesarean section requiring spinal anesthesia, who
developed PDPH during hospitalization or within days of the intrathecal block.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patient refusal.

- Any contraindication to regional block (coagulopathy or anticoagulant therapy).

- Local scalp infection.

- Nasal polyp, trauma, septal deviation or any nasal pathology.

- Allergy to local anesthetics.

- Pregnancy induced hypertension.

- History of major psychiatric disorders.

- Chronic headache.

- Substance abuse.

- Current opioid use.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 45 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Headache
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Sphenopalatine block
Procedure: Greater occipital nerve block
Primary Outcome(s)
Numeric rating pain score [Time Frame: from intervention up to 24 hours]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Analgesic consumption [Time Frame: from intervention up to 24 hours]
Numeric rating pain score for headache. [Time Frame: from intervention up to 24 hours]
Secondary ID(s)
17200061
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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