Standard vs atraumatic Whitacre needle for diagnostic lumbar puncture: A randomized trial
- 24 October 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Neurology
- Vol. 67 (8), 1492-1494
- https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000240054.40274.8a
Abstract
In order to define the impact of needle type on post-lumbar puncture headache (PLPH), we performed a prospective, randomized trial comparing the incidence of PLPH in patients undergoing lumbar punctures (LPs) with traumatic vs atraumatic 22-gauge needles. Fifty-eight patients underwent 85 LPs. The incidence of PLPH was 36% in the traumatic vs 3% in the atraumatic group (p = 0.002).Keywords
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