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Lumbar puncture

Technique, indications, and complications

Philip B. Gorelick
, MD &
José Biller
, MD
Pages 257-268 | Published online: 16 May 2016

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Faisal A. Khasawneh, Roger D. Smalligan, Tammam N. Mohamad, Mohamad K. Moughrabieh & Ayman O. Soubani. (2011) Lumbar Puncture for Suspected Meningitis After Intensive Care Unit Admission is Likely to Change Management. Hospital Practice 39:1, pages 141-145.
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Yuan-Dong Zhuang, Hai-Shu Xie, Jing Chen, Guo-Hua Wu, Jian-Feng Wu & Chun-Mei Chen. (2024) Computer-modified paramedian approach technique reduces failures and alleviates pain in lumbar puncture: a prospective comparative study. Frontiers in Medicine 10.
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Michael Kozak, David R Hallan, Mason Stoltzfus & Elias Rizk. (2023) Lumbar Puncture in Thrombocytopenia: The Floor Is Not Firm. Cureus.
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Camilo Romero, Jorge Molinares & Jesús Achury. (2023) Marcación con ultrasonido para guiar la punción lumbar. Neurología Argentina 15:2, pages 101-107.
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Andreas Husted, Jan Duedal Rölfing, Mads Lind Ingeman, Charlotte Paltved, Marc Ludwig, Lars Konge, Leizl Nayahangan & Rune Dall Jensen. (2022) Identifying technical skills and clinical procedures for simulation-based training in emergency medicine: A nationwide needs assessment. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 62, pages 140-143.
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Emmanuel Oladeji, Kuran Rati, Kamila Rakhimova & Nigel Day. (2022) Embolisation of iatrogenic lumbar artery bleed causing psoas haematoma following elective lumbar puncture. BMJ Case Reports 15:11, pages e251419.
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Farid Aassouani, Zaid Ennacery, Abdellatif bensalah, Yahya Charifi, Diallo Mamadou, Nizar El Bouardi, Meryem Haloua, Moulay Youssef Alaoui Lamrani, Abdoulmalek Ousadden, Meryem Boubbou, Mustapha Maaroufi & Badreeddine Alami. (2022) Lumbar puncture as a cause of tension pneumocephalus, pneumorrachis, and sacral meningocele infection leading to death: An extremely rare case report. Radiology Case Reports 17:11, pages 4379-4383.
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Natalie H Strand, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Philip M Shumsky, John A Freeman, Melissa L Kukulski & Christopher S Wie. (2021) Epidural Blood Patch Procedure in Patients with Lymphoma or Leukemia: Is There a Risk of Cancer Seeding?. Pain Medicine 22:5, pages 1236-1237.
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Dianrong Gong, Haiyan Yu & Xiaoling Yuan. (2018) A new method of subarachnoid puncture for clinical diagnosis and treatment: lateral atlanto-occipital space puncture. Journal of Neurosurgery 129:1, pages 146-152.
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Hannes KrollRichard DuszakJr.Jr., Eugene NsiahDanny R. HughesSuna SumerMax Wintermark. (2015) Trends in Lumbar Puncture Over 2 Decades: A Dramatic Shift to Radiology. American Journal of Roentgenology 204:1, pages 15-19.
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Julie H. Tsai, Somsiri Sukavatcharin & Narsing A. Rao. (2007) Utility of lumbar puncture in diagnosis of Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease. International Ophthalmology 27:2-3, pages 189-194.
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Kirk A. Stiffler, Sharhabeel Jwayyed, Scott T. Wilber & Angela Robinson. (2007) The use of ultrasound to identify pertinent landmarks for lumbar puncture. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 25:3, pages 331-334.
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Domit Azar, Craig Donaldson & Luciano Dalla‐Pozza. (2003) Questioning the need for routine bone marrow aspiration and lumbar puncture in patients with retinoblastoma. Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology 31:1, pages 57-60.
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Anna Holdgate & Karyn Cuthbert. (2001) Perils and pitfalls of lumbar puncture in the emergency department. Emergency Medicine 13:3, pages 351-358.
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Blennow K, A. Wallin & O. Häger. (2009) Low frequency of post-lumbar puncture headache in demented patients. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 88:3, pages 221-223.
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A MacDonald & A D Mendelow. (1988) Xanthochromia revisited: a re-evaluation of lumbar puncture and CT scanning in the diagnosis of subarachnoid haemorrhage.. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 51:3, pages 342-344.
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