Abstract
Headache after spinal puncture (CPPSA) is important complication and relatively common1-2, after completion of anesthetic procedures, especially in obstétricia1, which aim to reach the subarachnoid space using a series of needles. The incidence varies between 6% and 36% 3. She was described in 1898 by August Bier using cocaine in the subarachnoid space to cause anesthesia espinhal4. This …