Acute Pain
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 169-173 , December 2006

The effect of oral gabapentin on postdural puncture headache

  • Demet Dogan Erol

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Dumlupinar Mah. Huseyin Tevfik Cad. No.:11/8, 03200 Afyon, Turkey. Tel.: +90 542 4308744.

Received 17 May 2006 ,Revised 16 August 2006 ,Accepted 23 August 2006.

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☆ Effect of oral gabapentin on postdural puncture headache was investigated in a prospective, randomised, controlled study. This study has shown that gabapentin provided a significant analgesic benefit in postdural puncture headache. Presented in part at Fifth Congress of The European Federation of IASP Chapters (Efic), Istanbul, Turkey, September 13–16, 2006.

PII: S1366-0071(06)00118-5

doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2006.08.042

Acute Pain
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 169-173 , December 2006

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