Results
Common complications of lumbar puncture can be avoided if a step by step
approach to rule out complications is followed, and a safety checklist
is adhered to. Atraumatic LP needle better than conventional ones.
Outpatient LP is safe and efficacious. Medications administered through
intrathecal and intraventricular routes are ever increasing. Biomarkers
in CSF will have substantial clinical implications in neurodegenerative
diseases. MRI prior to LP does not cause significant meningeal
enhancement and the practice of delaying LP for imaging in every case
should not be encouraged.