Ultrasonography helps emergency physician identify the best lumbar puncture site under the conus medullaris.

Line DussourdBatistin MartinonClara CandilleCarole PaquierClaire WintenbergerPerrine DumanoirAnais PlazanetDamien ViglinoMaxime Maignan

Published in: Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine (2017)

Ultrasound not only allows us to better identify anatomical structures before lumbar puncture, but it also allows us to choose a site of puncture different from recommendations.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
minimally invasive
emergency department
magnetic resonance imaging
primary care
public health
healthcare
high resolution
clinical practice
contrast enhanced
cone beam computed tomography