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Larger traumatic needles vs smaller traumatic needles

Adverse events: backache · patients undergoing lumbar punctures with traumatic needles (Quincke, Greene, Hingson Ferguson, Lutz, Brace, Rovenstine, Lemmon)

Larger traumatic needles probably leads to lower adverse event: backache compared with smaller traumatic needles (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Needle gauge and tip designs for preventing post‐dural puncture headache (PDPH) 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 948 participants
Moderate

Larger atraumatic needles vs atraumatic needles

Adverse events: backache · patients undergoing lumbar punctures with atraumatic needles (Whitacre, Atraucan, Sprotte, Cappe‐Deutsh, Pajunk, Gertie Marx, Durasafe,…

Larger atraumatic needles probably leads to lower adverse events: backache compared with smaller atraumatic needles (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Needle gauge and tip designs for preventing post‐dural puncture headache (PDPH) 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
4 studies · 526 participants
Moderate

Traumatic needles vs atraumatic needles

Adverse events: backache · participants undergoing lumbar puncture

Traumatic needles showed no clear difference in adverse events: backache compared with atraumatic needles (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Needle gauge and tip designs for preventing post‐dural puncture headache (PDPH) 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.94 [0.78, 1.13]
12 studies · 3027 participants
Moderate