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Adjectival Hyphens

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"atraumatic/pencil-point spinal needles (e.g. Whitacre) when compared to conventional/cutting spinal needles (e.g. Quincke) have reduced rates of post-dural puncture headache, need for epidural blood patch, nerve root irritation, low back pain, nausea/vomiting ^5,8"

Line 33:156 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'post-dural'.

"supine bed rest is commonly advised for a number of hours but bed rest itself does not affect the prevalence of post-dural puncture headache or post-lumbar puncture back pain ⁸"

Line 57:120 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'post-dural'.

"supine bed rest is commonly advised for a number of hours but bed rest itself does not affect the prevalence of post-dural puncture headache or post-lumbar puncture back pain ⁸"

Line 57:152 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'post-lumbar'.

"pain score assessed immediately and 15-20 minutes post-procedure"

Line 58:58 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'post-procedure'.

"post-dural puncture headache: ~20% incidence ⁷"

Line 66:11 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'post-dural'.

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"Chiari malformation ⁸"

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