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 onlyno estimate extracted3 studies · 948 participantsModerate