RCT of SPG Blocks for Post-dural Headache
Post-Dural Puncture Headache
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Post-Dural Puncture Headache
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Females
- age 18-50
- Post Dural Puncture Headache after documented accidental dural puncture during placement of LEA for labor and no better explanation for headache
- onset of HA within 72 hours of delivery.
Exclusion Criteria:
- true allergy to local anesthesia
- Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
- inability to understand pain scores and other questionnaires
- inability to speak English
- contraindication to acetaminophen or NSAIDs
- temperature >38.5 C
- prior Epidural Blood Patch done for this headache
Sites / Locations
- University of Utah
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Lidocaine
Placebo
Transnasal blockade of SPG approach involving the application of 2 cc (approximately the size of a pea) of 2% lidocaine jelly on a cotton swab directed posteriorly towards the SPG in the nasal passage bilaterally. Cotton swab will be inserted to the back of the nasal passage until it can no longer be inserted any further. The cotton swab should remain in place for 15 minutes on both sides simultaneously. The patient will be instructed on how to perform this procedure on themselves, and they will be given supplies for a 7-day supply of medication to be administered two times per day at approximately 12 hour intervals.
Transnasal blockade of SPG approach involving the application of 2 cc (approximately the size of a pea) of nasal saline jelly on a cotton swab directed posteriorly towards the SPG in the nasal passage bilaterally. Cotton swab will be inserted to the back of the nasal passage until it can no longer be inserted any further. The cotton swab should remain in place for 15 minutes. The patient will be instructed on how to perform this procedure on themselves, and they will be given supplies for a 7-day supply of medication to be administered up to two times per day at approximately 12 hour intervals.