Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

3 questions · 3 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 3 · 100%High 0 · 0%

Headache · patients undergoing lumbar punctures with traumatic needles (Quincke, Greene, Hingson Ferguson, Lutz, Brace, Rovenstine, Lemmon)

Larger traumatic needles probably leads to lower any headache 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 · 771 participants
Moderate

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

Larger atraumatic needles probably leads to lower any headache 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
7 studies · 1791 participants
Moderate

Headache · participants undergoing lumbar puncture

Traumatic needles probably leads to higher any headache 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 1.35 [1.17, 1.57]
18 studies · 4104 participants
Moderate