For Atraumatic Spinal Anesthesia

In the mid-1970s, regional anesthesia was plagued by complications like post dural puncture headaches, neck stiffness, nausea, and tinnitus.¹ This began to change with the development of the SPROTTE^® needle, a joint development by Prof. Sprotte and Horst and Heinrich Pajunk. Their goal was to minimize the risk of nerve, dura, and blood vessel trauma.²

Thanks to the collaboration between Prof. Sprotte’s extensive clinical experience and the medical technology expertise of the Pajunk brothers, they succeeded in creating a puncture needle with a unique tip geometry in 1979. This innovation significantly enhanced the safety and reliability of regional anesthesia for all patients,² making a breakthrough in the field.

Since then, studies have described a reduction in the incidence of post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) when using the SPROTTE^® needle instead of the conventional traumatic needle types.^{3, 4, 5}

With the SPROTTE^® needle, PAJUNK^® has established a new standard in tip geometry design for atraumatic needles.

Studies:

¹Santos, Nelson S.et al. (2023). Early versus late sphenopalatine ganglion block with ropivacaine in postdural puncture headache: an observational study. Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 73(1): 42–45.
²Sprotte G. et al. (1987). Eine „atraumatische“ Universalkanüle für einzeitige Regionalanästhesien. Reg Anaesth, 10(3): 104–108.
³Atashkhoei S. et al. (2022). Sprotte versus Quincke Spinal Needles on the Frequency of Spinal Anesthesia Success in Patients undergoing Cesarean Section Delivery. Evidence Based Care Journal, 12(2): 41–50.
⁴Arevalo-Rodriguez I. et al. (2017). Needle gauge and tip designs for preventing post-dural puncture headache (PDPH). Cochrane Database of Systemic Reviews, 4(4): CD010807.
⁵Nath S. et al. (2017). Atraumatic versus conventional lumbar puncture needles: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet, 391(10126): 1197–1204.
¹¹Chin K. J. et al. (2017). The analgesic efficacy of pre-operative bilateral erector spinae plane (ESP) blocks in patients having ventral hernia repair. Anaesthesia, 72: 452–460.
¹²Chin A., Van Zundert A. (2023). Spinal Anesthesia – NYSORA. NYSORA LMS.
¹³Atashkhoei S. et al. (2022). Sprotte versus Quincke Spinal Needles on the Frequency of Spinal Anesthesia Success in Patients undergoing Cesarean Section Delivery. Evidence Based Care Journal, 12(2): 41–50.
¹⁴Segal S., Kodali B. S. (2023). Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 197–248.
¹⁵Arevalo-Rodriguez I. et al. (2017). Needle gauge and tip designs for preventing post-dural puncture headache (PDPH). Cochrane Database of Systemic Reviews, 4(4): CD010807.
¹⁶Nath S. et al. (2017). Atraumatic versus conventional lumbar puncture needles: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet, 391(10126): 1197–1204.
¹⁷ASA (2016). Practice Guidelines for Obstetric Anesthesia- An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Obstetric Anesthesia and the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology. The American Society of Anesthesiologist, 124(2): 270–300.
¹⁸Saenghirunvattana R. et al. (2008). A Comparison Study between Newly-Designed Pencil-Point and Cutting Needles in Spinal Anesthesia. Journal of Medical Association Thailand, 91(91): 156–161.
¹⁹Saenghirunvattana R. et al. (2008). A Comparison Study between Newly-Designed Pencil-Point and Cutting Needles in Spinal Anesthesia. Journal of Medical Association Thailand, 91(91): 156–161.
²⁰Kokki H. (2012). Spinal blocks. Pediatric Anesthesia, 22: 56–64.
²¹Bishop D.G., Le Roux S. P. D. P. (2022). Troubleshooting obstetric spinal anaesthesia at district hospital level. South African Family Practice, 64(1): 5529.