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Atraumatic versus conventional lumbar puncture needles: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet, 2017
BACKGROUND Atraumatic needles have been proposed to lower complication rates after lumbar puncture. However, several surveys indicate that clinical adoption of these needles remains poor.
Siddharth Nath   +26 more
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Lumbar puncture

The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1985
Lumbar puncture has been in widespread clinical use for nearly a century. It is used in emergency medicine primarily as a tool for the diagnosis of meningoencephalitis and subarachnoid hemorrhage. The development of computed tomography has changed the position that lumbar puncture has held in the diagnostic sequence of a number of clinical entities ...
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Lumbar Puncture

Seminars in Neurology, 2003
Lumbar puncture is the original neurological procedure. The technique is learned by the student first through observation then performance under supervision by a physician who has mastered the technique. It is one of the more difficult procedures in medicine because success is not only dependent on the skill of the physician but also the size, anatomy,
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Post‐lumbar Puncture Headache

Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, 1982
SYNOPSIS Headache is a frequent complication of dural puncture. Cerebrospinal fluid leakage from the subarachnoid space decreases the cushioning effect the fluid has on the brain, producing traction on nerves and blood vessels. The headache, worse when the patient's head is elevated, and usually located in the frontal and occipital ...
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COMPLICATIONS OF LUMBAR PUNCTURE

Neurologic Clinics, 1998
Abstract Although neurologists often evaluate the surgical complications of other physicians, they are responsible for complications of the lumbar puncture, the quintessential neurological procedure. Headache is the most common complication, usually lasting for 1 week or less, occurring in up to 40% of patients after lumbar puncture ...
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Lumbar puncture position influences intracranial pressure

Acta Neurochirurgica, 2021
S. H. Pedersen   +4 more
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Lumbar Spine Anatomy in Women Sustaining Unintentional Dural Puncture During Labor Epidural Placement: A Descriptive Study Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultrasound

Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 2017
Background and Objectives Unintentional dural puncture is one of the most frequent complications of the epidural technique. One previous study suggested that atypical sonoanatomy of the ligamentum flavum/dura mater unit may be a risk factor for this ...
Nicholas M. Barrett   +4 more
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Lumbar puncture

2019
Undertaking lumbar puncture in the intensive care patient can be technically challenging due to patient positioning and body habitus. Ultrasound guidance can improve the success rate and is relatively easy to learn. This chapter describes the normal sonoanatomy of the lumbar spine and how to use ultrasound to guide lumbar puncture.
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