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County Line January 2006
... An infectious disease expert witness testified that the infection resulted from GBS colonizing the mother's normal low back skin injected through an accidental thecal puncture ...
http://www.clarkcountymedical.org/County%20Line%202006/County%20Line%20January%202006.htm
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OLOL Baton Rouge - Radionuclide cisternogram. A radionuclide ...
A lumbar puncture (spinal tap) is done first. Small amounts of radioactive material, called ... Traumatic thoracic thecal sac laceration, leak, and pleural effusion diagnosed by ...
http://www.ololrmc.com/16170.cfm
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Risks of lumbar puncture
The hazard of dural puncture during transforaminal epidural injections, the anatomy of the dural and thecal sac, the potential for subdural injections, and relevant literature are ...
http://www.asktheneurologist.com/risks-of-lumbar-puncture.html
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Chapter 23: Neurologic tests
Rarely, the puncture hole may remain open for long periods (weeks or months) and ... as from meningiomas or neurofibromas), which appear between the edge of the thecal ...
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dons/part_2/chapter_23.html
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BestBets: Use of Ultrasonography for Lumbar Puncture
In 11 encounters where thecal sac appeared normal with CSF visible, US was always ... shows early promise as a tool to assist in achieving a successful lumbar puncture.
http://www.bestbets.org/bets/bet.php?id=1414
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Definition for "spinal tap"
Other names for a lumbar puncture (an LP) include spinal puncture, thecal puncture, and rachiocentesis. An LP is most commonly done for diagnostic purposes, namely to obtain a ...
http://www.chemo-sabi.com/Glossary/spin_tap.htm
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JAMA -- Risk Factors for Traumatic and Bloody Lumbar Puncture in ...
Risk Factors for Traumatic and Bloody Lumbar Puncture in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic ... space and the shallow depth of needle insertion required to reach the thecal sac.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/288/16/2001
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Chapter 11: Neurologic tests
A lumbar puncture must be done if a ... A lumbar puncture (spinal tap) is the insertion of a needle between the lamina of the vertebrae and into the thecal sac with the purpose of ...
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dons/part_1/chapter_11.html
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Sonography of the Neonatal Spine: Part 2, Spinal Disorders -- Lowe et ...
Sonography is useful to determine whether the thecal sac is compressed by a hematoma. ... Diagnostic and interventional ultrasonography in neonatal and infant lumbar puncture.
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/188/3/739
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Radionuclide cisternogram
During lumbar puncture, the lower back over the spine is numbed with an anesthetic. ... Traumatic thoracic thecal sac laceration, leak, and pleural effusion diagnosed by ...
http://www.bcbswny.com/adam/Health%20Illustrated%20Encyclopedia/1/003823.htm
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