Should 22G spinal needles for accessing the subarachnoid space be banned?

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Horace Barker et al. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2005 Oct.

. 2005 Oct;66(10):600.

doi: 10.12968/hmed.2005.66.10.19905.

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