The incidance and related factors of the postspinal headache seen after ceaserian operation under spinal anesthesia at the obstetric patients.

Cesarean delivery is the most frequent obstetrical surgery in the world. Regional anesthesia is commonly preferred in cesarean surgery. Spinal anesthesia is an old but very effective type of regional anesthesia. Regional anesthesia has superiorities to general anesthesia in many conditions but also has complications. One of the most common complications is headache.665 ASA I-II group elective cesarean patients who had no contraindications for spinal anesthesia were included to this study. Patients were randomly divided into two groups: group I (atroucan 26 G n=323) and group II (Quincke 26 G n=342).The thickness of the needle and the shape of tip of the spinal needle was recorded after spinal anesthesia. The train period of the resident, number of attempts, the space used for anesthesia (L3?4, L4?5) and movement of patient during anesthesia were recorded. Patients were questioned for headache for 72 hours. Chi-square and comparison of proportions were used for statistical evaluations and P<0,05 was considered as statistically significant.No statistical relation was found between headache and age, weight and height of patients(P>0,05). No statistical relation was found between headache and the train period of the resident, number of attempts, the space used for anesthesia (L3?4, L4?5) and movement of patient during anesthesia, hypotension during anesthesia, volume of liquid infusion during surgery, single or multiple delivery(p>0,05).Two types of 26 gauge needles had no statistical difference on occurrence of headache.