Lumbar puncture (LP) is a procedure for obtaining spinal fluid from spinal meningeal spaces this can be done as a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure which can result in to a typical positional headache named as post lumbar puncture headache .This can cause a lot of discomforts for patients and makes fear from the procedure. This study designed to evaluate the effect of resting position after L...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Cerebral palsy is one of the most common childhood neuromuscular diseases in the world. Spinal anaesthesia in children is an evolving technique with many advantages in perioperative management. The aim of this retrospective study was to provide first-hand reports of children with cerebral palsy who underwent orthopaedic surgery under spinal anaesthesia. METHODS Record...

That lumbar puncture is detrimental in multiple sclerosis has been taught for many years; the origin of this belief and the evidence on which it is based are difficult to trace. The general warnings sometimes given in text-book accounts of contraindications to lumbar puncture in this disease appear to depend chiefly on the familiar experience of an occasional instance in which clinical deterior...

Spinal anesthesia is often the preferred technique of anesthesia for cesarean delivery. It is a simple procedure with rapid onset and deep sensory block effect that produces excellent operating conditions (1). As a complication of spinal anesthesia, post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) is caused by the needle penetration of the dura matter and loss of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). During the postpa...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE An animal spinal tumor model is needed to better simulate the clinical situation and to allow percutaneous puncture, which may provide an experimental platform for the new nonvascular interventional therapies. We established a rabbit spinal tumor model through a CT-guided percutaneous puncture inoculation technique for nonvascular interventional therapy. MATERIALS AND M...

T aim of our study is to summarize the clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and management of spinal infections. Spinal infections can be primary, or secondary after spine surgery. Primary spinal infections generally arrive from the genitourinary system, respiratory tract or cutaneous infections. Secondary spinal infections may occur during lumbar puncture, spinal anesthesia, discography, ch...

Although vincristine sulfate is indicated for IV use only, it has been inadvertently administered intrathecally. Accidental vincristine administration via the spinal route (intrathecally via a lumbar puncture or intraventricularly via an Ommaya reservoir) causes rapid sensory and motor dysfunction, usually followed by encephalopathy, coma, and death (Schulmeister, 2004). Autopsy fi ndings inclu...

Although vincristine sulfate is indicated for IV use only, it has been inadvertently administered intrathecally. Accidental vincristine administration via the spinal route (intrathecally via a lumbar puncture or intraventricularly via an Ommaya reservoir) causes rapid sensory and motor dysfunction, usually followed by encephalopathy, coma, and death (Schulmeister, 2004). Autopsy findings includ...

Three cases of multiple spinal canal meningiomas are presented, bringing the total number of documented cases in the American literature to nine. While the exact incidence of multiple spinal meningiomas is difficult to determine, their possible occurrence warrants careful myelographic examination of the whole spinal canal, particularly if multiple clinical levels are present. When a complete bl...

IntroductIon The cisterna magna is a space lying between the cerebellum and medulla oblongata that is important in collecting cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) in some patients with contraindication or the impossibility of lumbar puncture and in intrathecal administration medication infusion.[1,2] Knowledge of the anatomy of the cisterna magna, especially the key distance from skin to cisterna magna ...