Lumbar puncture, a diagnostic procedure often undertaken in acute medical units, is a technical procedure that requires skill, knowledge and experience. Lumbar punctures used to be performed mostly by ...

A spinal tap, or a lumbar puncture, is a procedure in which a needle is inserted in your lower back to withdraw the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) — the fluid around your spinal cord. The fluid can be ...

CSF pressure reflects the intracranial pressure. Increase in intracranial pressure can be caused by tumor or mass in the brain, swelling of brain and bleeding into the brain, infection and ...

This is where a doctor uses a special needle - a spinal needle - to puncture the spinal cord covering membranes, and either drain spinal fluid (CSF) for testing (microbiology, cytology or virology), ...

What Is a Spinal Tap? One test for epilepsy is a spinal tap (also called a lumbar puncture). This is a procedure in which fluid surrounding the spinal cord (called the cerebrospinal fluid or CSF) is ...

Two design students are changing how medicine is conducted in the UK by creating accurate models for use in training doctors for delicate procedures. Lisa Ferrie and Renske Hoste, masters students at ...

Martin Keats is a research participant in the PREVENT Dementia study which receives funding from Alzheimer’s Society. Watch a video showing Martin having a lumbar puncture, also known as a spinal tap, ...

CSF pressure reflects the intracranial pressure. Increase in intracranial pressure can be caused by tumor or mass in the brain, swelling of brain and bleeding into the brain, infection and ...