Larger atraumatic needles vs atraumatic needles
Paraesthesia · 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: paraesthesia 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 onlyno estimate extracted2 studies · 439 participantsModerate