Status:

COMPLETED

Long-term Complications of Unintentional Dural Puncture During Labour Epidurals and Epidural Blood Patch.

Lead Sponsor:

Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital

Conditions:

Post-Dural Puncture Headache

Chronic Headache

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-35 years

Brief Summary

The investigators plan to evaluate long-term consequences of unintentional dural puncture in women who had this complication during labor epidural insertion at Mount Sinai Hospital. A dural puncture i...

Detailed Description

The investigators will study women who have sustained an unintentional dural puncture at least one year prior to the start date of the study, and the investigators will study cases occurring during a ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All patients with well-documented recognized unintentional dural punctures during their labor epidural insertion at Mount Sinai Hospital from January 2015 to December 2019 will be approached for enrollment. Control patients who received labor epidural matched by month of delivery and age will also be approached for enrollment.

Exclusion

  • Patients with preexisting symptoms of chronic headache, or any of the secondary outcomes prior to the unintentional dural puncture will be excluded from this study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 12 2021

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 11 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

126 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04696627

Start Date

February 12 2021

End Date

May 11 2021

Last Update

May 24 2021

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Mount Sinai Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G1X5