Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of headaches and back pain after regional anesthesia compared to general anesthesia. Methods: Cross-sectional studies involving 100 patients who were admitted at Department of Anesthesia, Mamata Medical College, Khammam and had undergone CS were included in the study. Results: Our study was made up of 100 participants who have done a CS under the two types of anesthesia. Mean age of patients was 30.5 with a SD of 6.80. Youngest individual was 17 years old while the oldest was 50 years old. Mean height was 162.38 cm, shortest patient was 130 cm while the longest was 160. Average weight was 73 kg, biggest weight was 104 kg while the smallest weight was 50 kg. Mean BMI values were 28.32 kg/m 2, largest BMI value was 38.66 kg/m 2 while the smallest value was 22.04 kg/m2. As for the most commonly used anesthesia type, spinal anesthesia was the most common with 79 (79%) patients, while general anesthesia was used only in 21 (21%) patients Fentanyl was the most common anesthetic used in surgery, it was used in 15 (15%) patients followed by fentanyl with dolozal/peptidin, which was used in 12 (12%) patients. As for analgesics used after surgery, intravenous paracetamol was the most commonly used (24 patients, 24%), followed by sodium diclofinac and ketozor (2 patients, 2%). There was also no correlation between occurrence of headache and anesthesia type, as patients who had headaches and undergone general surgery. Conclusion: Our study has shown that there’s no link between the anesthetic procedure and occurrence of back pain and headaches, even though most of the participants have gotten regional anesthesia.

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