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Larger traumatic needles vs smaller traumatic needles

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

Larger traumatic needles may leads to lower onset of PDPH compared with smaller traumatic needles (low 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
10 studies · 2288 participants
Low

Larger atraumatic needles vs atraumatic needles

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

Larger atraumatic needles may leads to lower onset of PDPH compared with smaller atraumatic needles (low 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
13 studies · 3134 participants
Low

Traumatic needles vs atraumatic needles

Onset of PDPH · participants undergoing lumbar puncture

Traumatic needles probably leads to higher onset of PDPH 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 2.14 [1.72, 2.67]
36 studies · 9378 participants
Moderate