A COMPARITIVE STUDY BETWEEN 25 GAUGE QUINCKE‘S AND WHITACRE SPINAL NEEDLE IN SPINAL ANAESTHESIA IN OBSTETRICS PATIENTS

Dr.Mukesh Mukundan; Dr.Renju Ninan; Dr.Manju Ninan

Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2018

A COMPARITIVE STUDY BETWEEN 25 GAUGE QUINCKE‘S AND WHITACRE SPINAL NEEDLE IN SPINAL ANAESTHESIA IN OBSTETRICS PATIENTS

Dr. Mukesh Mukundan, Dr. Renju Ninan, Dr. Manju Ninan

Abstract :

Spinal anaesthesia is one of the most commonly used technique in anaesthesia. It is economical, safe, cost effective, easy, needs less sophisticated anaesthetic equipment, drugs, post operative care hence preferred over general anaesthesia and most popular because of its profound analgesia and muscle relaxation. Objectives of the present study were to know the success rate of lumbar puncture and ease of insertion between Quincke�s and Whitacre needle and complication like post–dural puncture headache.

After ethical committee approval, informed consent will be taken from patients belonging to �American Society Of Anaesthesiology� ASA grade I & II, aged between 20–30years, scheduled for elective lower segment cesarean section surgeries which require spinal anaesthesia are selected by simple random sampling. They are made into two groups: group �Q� using Quincke�s needle& group �W� Whitacre needles.