Lumbar Puncture Test in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Does the Volume of CSF Removed Affect the Response to Tap?

S K Thakur Y Serulle Nityanand P Miskin Henry Rusinek J Golomb A E George

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2017)

We found no evidence to support that a higher volume of CSF removal impacts gait testing, suggesting that a high volume of CSF removal may not be necessary in a diagnostic lumbar tap test.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
cerebrospinal fluid
subarachnoid hemorrhage