Comparison of Medin and Parmadin methods in incidence Post-Dural-puncture headache (PDPH) in patients undergoing orthopedic lower extremity surgery by spinal anesthesia

The most common method of choice for orthopedic lower extremity surgery is intrathecal anesthesia. Despite the benefits of using spinal anesthesia, this method has complications such as headache in the acute postoperative period.

This double-blind clinical trial was performed on 60 orthopedic surgery patients referred to Pimayeh Hospital in Jahrom. Patients accidentally throwing coins into two groups 1) Medin And 2) paramedins were divided. Vital signs were recorded before and after spinal anesthesia at 5, 15, 30, 45, 60, and 90 minutes during surgery and in recovery. PDPH was collected in patients after surgery for 7 days and once a day by an uninformed person in the form of a questionnaire.

the incidence of PDPH was higher in the paramedin group than in the medin group. But the results of statistical analysis showed that there was no significant difference between the two groups in the incidence of PDPH at different times (p <0.05).

Conclusion :

Although different benefits have been mentioned for each of Madin and Paramedin methods, but in relation to the incidence of headache, in this study, no significant difference was reported between Madin and Paramedin groups. Therefore, with more studies and more studies related to patient satisfaction,