Why should we use atraumatic needles in lumbar puncture?

Diagnostic lumbar puncture is essential to the diagnosis of central nervous system infections, subarachnoid haemorrhage and others neurological diseases. Myeloradicular involvement or life-threatening adverse events due to the procedure are rare, but less severe complications are more frequent. Post...

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Main Author: Sandro Luiz de Andrade Matas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2013-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2013001000681&lng=en&tlng=en
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