[en] We compared the incidence of post-lumbar puncture headache and of red blood cells in the first CSF sample (traumatic tap) in 35 inpatients punctured with a standard 20 G Yale needle and in 26 patients punctured with Sprotte's "atraumatic" needle. No significant difference was found between the two groups in incidence of headache or in frequency of traumatic taps.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior Neurology
Author, co-author :
Lenaerts, M.
Pepin, J. L.
Tombu, S.
Schoenen, Jean ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Neuro-anatomie
Language :
English
Title :
No significant effect of an "atraumatic" needle on incidence of post-lumbar puncture headache or traumatic tap.
Publication date :
1993
Journal title :
Cephalalgia
ISSN :
0333-1024
eISSN :
1468-2982
Publisher :
Blackwell Science, Osney Mead Oxford, United Kingdom
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