Anesthesiologists’ perspectives on why dural punctures occur: a multicenter international survey

To cite: OrbachZinger S, Heesen M, Ioscovich A, et al. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2022;47:249–250. Department of Anesthesia, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center associated with Sakler Medical School, Tel Aviv, Israel Department of Anesthesia, Kantonsspital Baden, Baden, Switzerland Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Treatment, affiliated with the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel Division of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain, Tel Aviv IchilovSourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, Israel Department of Anesthesiology, Soroka University Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, BenGurion University of the Negev, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Southern, Israel Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, USA

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