NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECT OF AN ATRAUMATIC NEEDLE ON INCIDENCE OF POSTLUMBAR PUNCTURE HEADACHE OR TRAUMATIC TAP

Authors
LENAERTS M PEPIN JL TOMBU S SCHOENEN J
Citation
M. Lenaerts et al., NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECT OF AN ATRAUMATIC NEEDLE ON INCIDENCE OF POSTLUMBAR PUNCTURE HEADACHE OR TRAUMATIC TAP, Cephalalgia, 13(4), 1993, pp. 296-297
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Cephalalgia → ACNP
ISSN journal
03331024
Volume
13
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
296 - 297
Database
ISI
SICI code
0333-1024(1993)13:4<296:NSEOAA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
We compared the incidence of post-lumbar puncture headache and of red blood cells in the first CSF sample (traumatic tap) in 35 inpatients p unctured with a standard 20 G Yale needle and in 26 patients punctured with Sprotte's ''atraumatic'' needle. No significant difference was f ound between the two groups in incidence of headache or in frequency o f traumatic taps.