Postdural puncture headache (PDPH) is a common complication of neuraxial anesthesia. The gold standard treatment for PDPH is an epidural blood patch (EBP). However, the risks of EBP, and patient willingness to undergo another attempted neuraxial procedure, can prevent patients from receiving this treatment. The erector spinae plane (ESP) block has been used in the treatment of acute postoperative and chronic pain secondary to many indications at many vertebral levels, and a prior case series describes two patients in which ESP block relieved tension headache. In our case report, we describe a novel use of the ESP block at the fourth thoracic vertebral level to relieve PDPH in a super morbidly obese patient with two prior inadvertent dural punctures.
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