• Spine J · Jul 2015

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Postdural puncture headache: impact of needle type, a randomized trial.

    • Ana Castrillo, César Tabernero, Luis M García-Olmos, Cecilia Gil, Raúl Gutiérrez, María I Zamora, Amelia Mendoza, María F Rodríguez, Pilar Guerrero, Jaime S Rodríguez-Vico, Marta Ferrero, Noemí Morollón, and Jacinto Duarte.
    • Division of Neurology, General Hospital, Segovia Miguel Servet s/n, Segovia 40002, Spain. Electronic address: anacastrillosanz@yahoo.es.
    • Spine J. 2015 Jul 1; 15 (7): 1571-6.

    Background ContextThe most common adverse event after a lumbar puncture (LP) is a headache: In anaesthesiology, well studied is the protective effect of atraumatic spinal needles, and they are routinely used. However, this is less well known in diagnostic LP, and neurologists use atraumatic needles in less than 2% of times.PurposeThe purpose of this study was to define the impact of needle type, atraumatic (Sprotte [S]) versus traumatic (Quincke [Q]) on postdural puncture headache (PDPH) incidence.Study DesignThe study is based on a prospective, randomized, and simple-blinded clinical trial.Patient SamplePatients older than 14 years were scheduled for a diagnostic or therapeutic LP.Outcome MeasuresThe outcome measure included the development of PDPH according to the International Headache Association criteria.MethodsPatients fulfilling eligibility criteria were randomly allocated to one of two kinds of spinal needle: atraumatic or S-type or traumatic or Q-type. They were interviewed on days 2 and 7 about the development of PDPH.ResultsThe incidence of PDPH was 22.43% with Q-type needle and 8.51% with S-type needle, p=.04. The duration of PDPH in patients in the S-type was 1 day or less, compared with a median of 4.14 days in the Q-type (p=.00). In the logistic regression model, the S-type needle together with the age of the patient were the only two statistically significant factors in the development of postlumbar puncture headache (PLPH), both of them being protective.ConclusionsWe found a lower incidence of PDPH with atraumatic needles, and it was statistically significant compared with the traumatic needles. Our study confirms the effectiveness of the atraumatic needles to prevent PDPH.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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