Status:
COMPLETED
Audiovisual Assessment After Dural Puncture During Epidural Placement in Obstetric Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
Conditions:
Hearing Loss
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18-45 years
Brief Summary
The study involves assessment of hearing and visual complications along with headache after accidental dural puncture in patients receiving epidurals. Hearing loss will be assessed by clinical examina...
Detailed Description
Although many studies have reported auditory complications after spinal, none have been done in obstetric patients with accidental dural puncture with epidural needle. Long term follow up of these com...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Parturients having accidental dural puncture during epidural placement for labour analgesia.
- Patients who give written informed consent to participate in the study.
- Dural puncture with 17G Touhy needle with/out headache
- Postural headache after 24 hours of epidural
- Labouring women undergoing vaginal or Cesarean delivery
- For the control group, patients with no dural puncture during epidural placement
- Exclusion criteria:
- Patients refusing to consent
- Dural puncture with spinal needle
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 25 2007
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 30 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03428841
Start Date
September 25 2007
End Date
April 30 2010
Last Update
February 14 2018
Active Locations (1)
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Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G1X5