title: Lateral cervical puncture: an alternative to lumbar puncture.
abstract: As an alternative to lumbar puncture for acquisition of cerebrospinal fluid, lateral cervical puncture is simple to perform and appears to have less potential for major complications than suboccipital puncture. A small number of normal cerebrospinal fluid samples from lateral cervical puncture were analyzed and were within the normal range of fluid obtained by lumbar puncture.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011187:Posture; D013129:Spinal Puncture / Q000379:methods*