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Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

PostLumbar Puncture and Other Low Pressure Headaches

Bone morphogenetic protein rhBMP

Bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP-2) is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for anterior lumbar interbody fusion and for acute open tibial fractures; rhBMP-7, on the other hand, is approved...

Lumbar puncture in adult bacterial meningitis: time to reconsider guidelines?

Because of concerns about lumbar puncture (LP) induced cerebral herniation, current guidelines recommend cerebral computerised tomography (CT) before LP in adults with suspected acute bacterial......

Taking the sting out of lumbar puncture

Lumbar puncture remains an important and commonly performed diagnostic procedure,1 but training for its performance is not standardized.2 Although most diagnostic lumbar punctures are performed by......

CDC: Consider Lumbar Puncture in Asymptomatic Patients

Ongoing investigation pinpoints patients at greatest risk, sees 'significant' violations at NECC; FDA posts detailed NECC customer lists. News Alerts

MRI could serve as lumbar puncture proxy

Structural brain patterns on magnetic resonance imaging predict cerebrospinal fluid biomarker levels in patients with suspected Alzheimer’s disease or frontotemporal lobar degeneration, preliminary...

First aid tips for treating cuts, scrapes and puncture wounds

(HealthDay)—Spring and summer send lots of people outdoors to enjoy the warm weather, but experts say that also brings an increase in cuts, scrapes and puncture wounds.

Is It Alzheimer's Or Another Dementia? MRI Scan Can Tell

Doctors will find it easier to tell whether a patient has Alzheimer's disease or another kind of dementia with a new method of using MRI scans, researchers from Perelman School of Medicine and Frontot...

Upper lumbar disc space related to hip pain

(HealthDay)—Disc space narrowing at disc levels L1/L2 and L2/L3, visible on lumbar radiographs, may help to identify hip pain patients whose pain originates in the lumbar spine, according to researc...

For Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Inferior Vena Cava Filter Placement, 2 Venous Punctures Not Always Needed

One venous puncture, rather than two, is a safe and effective approach to intravascular ultrasound-guided inferior vena cava filter placement in critically-ill patients, a new study shows. Inferior ve...

Education Research: Changing practice: Residents' adoption of the atraumatic lumbar puncture needle.

The atraumatic needle is recommended over the cutting needle to prevent complications related to lumbar puncture and to reduce costs to the health care system. However, very few practicing neurologist...

Chance of aneurysm in patients suspected of SAH who have a 'negative' CT scan but a 'positive' lumbar puncture.

In patients with sudden severe headache and a negative computed tomography (CT) scan, a lumbar puncture (LP) is performed to rule in or out a subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), but this procedure is unde...

Cerebral blood flow characteristics in patients with post-lumbar puncture headache.

The aim of this study was to verify if diagnostic lumbar puncture (DLP) in post-lumbar puncture headache (PLPH) patients is related to significant changes in cerebral blood flow which could be visuali...

Cerebrospinal fluid and lumbar puncture: a practical review.

Cerebrospinal fluid is vital for normal brain function. Changes to the composition, flow, or pressure can cause a variety of neurological symptoms and signs. Equally, disorders of nervous tissue may a...

Postdural puncture headache in migraineurs and nonheadache subjects: A prospective study.

To prospectively assess 1) the incidence and duration of postdural puncture headache (PDPH) in migraineurs and healthy subjects; 2) the associated risk factors; and 3) the risk of getting a migraine a...