Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 1 findings · 1 reviews · Anaesthesia

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 1 · 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