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Original Article

Korean J Pediatr. 2005;48(3):310-314. Published online March 15, 2005.

A Clinical Study on Relationship of Surgical Glove and Back Pain after Lumbar Puncture in Children

Sung Ryoung SR Han¹, Wan Suk WS Choi¹, Hae Jeong HJ Lee¹, Hyun Seok HS Kim¹, Ju Suk JS Lee¹, Kyung Lae KL Cho¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Sungkyungwan University, Masan Samsung Hospital, Masan, Korea

Correspondence Kyung Lae KL Cho ,Email: pedikyung@yahoo.co.kr

Abstract

Propose : In this study, we evaluated whether powder on surgical gloves is a cause of postpuncture backpain in children. Mothods : In 164 children with meningitis between July and September 1997, we did not remove powder from surgical gloves. However, in 149 children with menigitis between May and October 2001 the powder was removed from the surgical gloves.
Results
: Out of the 164 patients in 1997, 41 cases(25.00%) were found to have postdural puncture backpain. On the other hand, out of 149 patients in 2001, with whom we used gloves from which the powder was removed, we found only 8 patients(5.36%) with postdural puncture backpain.
Conclusion
: We conclude that the powder on surgical gloves is one of the main causes of postdural puncture backpain in children.

Keywords :Postdural puncture back pain , Lumbar puncture , Powder removal , Surgical glove