Persistent headache and low back pain after accidental dural puncture in the obstetric population: a prospective, observational, multicentre cohort study

G Niraj, M Mushambi, P Gauthama, A Patil, A Kelkar, E Hart, T Nurmikko, Accidental Dural Puncture Outcome Study Collaborative Group, E Wighton, S Basar, C Thompson, A Brewer, E Coulborn, A Sutton-Cole, M Maquinana, C Marsh, S Burnard, C Bressington, R Ochoa-Ferraro, M Morosan, D Horner, J Syson, K Swetterham, A Arch, J Grindley, P Rudra, M Laverdino, G Niraj, M Mushambi, P Gauthama, A Patil, A Kelkar, E Hart, T Nurmikko, Accidental Dural Puncture Outcome Study Collaborative Group, E Wighton, S Basar, C Thompson, A Brewer, E Coulborn, A Sutton-Cole, M Maquinana, C Marsh, S Burnard, C Bressington, R Ochoa-Ferraro, M Morosan, D Horner, J Syson, K Swetterham, A Arch, J Grindley, P Rudra, M Laverdino

Abstract

Accidental dural puncture following epidural insertion can cause a post-dural headache that is defined by the International Headache Society as self-limiting. We aimed to confirm if accidental dural puncture could be associated with persistent headache and back pain when compared with matched control parturients. We performed a prospective multicentre cohort study evaluating the incidence of persistent headache following accidental dural puncture at nine UK obstetric units. Parturients who sustained an accidental dural puncture were matched with controls who had undergone an uneventful epidural insertion. Participants were followed-up at six-monthly intervals for 18 months. Primary outcome was the incidence of persistent headache at 18 months. Ninety parturients who had an accidental dural puncture were matched with 180 controls. The complete dataset for primary analysis was available for 256 (95%) participants. Incidence of persistent headache at 18 months was 58.4% (52/89) in the accidental puncture group and 17.4% (29/167) in the control group, odds ratio (95%CI) 18.4 (6.0-56.7), p < 0.001, after adjustment for past history of headache, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (depression) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (anxiety) scores. Incidence of low back pain at 18 months was 48.3% (43/89) in the accidental puncture group and 17.4% (29/167) in the control group, odds ratio (95%CI) 4.14 (2.11-8.13), with adjustment. We have demonstrated that accidental dural puncture is associated with long-term morbidity including persistent headache in parturients. This challenges the current definition of post-dural puncture headache as a self-limiting condition and raises possible clinical, financial and medicolegal consequences.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03080779.

Keywords: accidental dural puncture; epidural analgesia: complications; epidural blood patch; persistent headache; post-dural puncture headache.

© 2021 Association of Anaesthetists.

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