The duration of
spinal puncture procedure was defined as the time from the first puncture attempt to the final removal of the needle after completion of the subarachnoid injection.
Spinal puncture was done in the lateral decubitus position with a midline approach at L4 to 5.
Hydration was achieved with 10-15 ml/kg lactated Ringer's or saline normal before
spinal puncture and during surgery.
Comparision of predicted and perceived pain from epidural and
spinal puncture in patients undergoing elective caesarean section.
Patients may express this fear during a pre-anaesthesia visit when the anaesthetist explains the details of an epidural and/ or a
spinal puncture, procedures performed while the patient is awake.
There were no significant differences between groups in maternal age, weight, height, gestational age, total volume of infused HES, upper level of anaesthesia,
spinal puncture to skin incision interval, skin incision to skin closure interval, uterine incision to delivery interval, baseline SBP or baseline HR (Table 1).
EMLA cream has also been reported to be effective in reducing
spinal puncture paint[degrees].
Domenicucci et al' (9) found that in 50 patients who developed spinal subdural haematoma after
spinal puncture, onset of symptoms appeared after 31 hours (range 3-86 hours).