Some healthcare providers prefer to use fluoroscopic guidance with every patient to assist them in viewing the needle as it's placed. The side effects and risks associated with a lumbar puncture ...

A lumbar puncture involves testing your spinal fluid for signs of MS. To do so, your doctor will insert a needle into the lower part of your back to remove spinal fluid. A lumbar puncture is the ...

These changes are reflected in the levels of proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid, so a lumbar puncture can indicate whether the brain is affected by Alzheimer’s disease. A special needle is used to ...

Professor Seán Kennelly from the Tallaght Institute of Memory and Cognition believes this study is a major step forward in ...

The biomarker test is a spinal tap test (also called a lumbar puncture) that uses a needle to remove cerebrospinal fluid (i.e ...