Indication to use a non-pencil-point lumbar puncture needle

Pract Neurol. 2019 Apr;19(2):176-177. doi: 10.1136/practneurol-2018-002103.

Authors

Peter Gates¹, Peter McNeill², Neil Shuey³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, St Vincent's Public Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia prof.petergates@gmail.com.
² Department of Neurosurgery, St Vincent's Public Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic, St Vincent's Public Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 30872461
DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2018-002103

No abstract available

Keywords: idiopathic intracranial hypertension; lumbar puncture; pencil point needle; quincke needle; resolution.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Headache
Humans
Needles*
Prospective Studies
Spinal Cord
Spinal Puncture*