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Larger traumatic needles vs smaller traumatic needles

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

Larger traumatic needles showed no clear difference in severe 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
6 studies · 1128 participants
Low

Larger atraumatic needles vs atraumatic needles

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

Larger atraumatic needles showed no clear difference in severe 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
8 studies · 1983 participants
Low

Traumatic needles vs atraumatic needles

Severe PDPH · participants undergoing lumbar puncture

Traumatic needles showed no clear difference in severe PDPH compared with 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
RD 0 [0, 0.01]
24 studies · 6420 participants
Low