spinal tap

1. See lumbar puncture

Example Sentences

Andrews added that she recently had to perform a lumbar puncture, an operation better known as a spinal tap, on a four-year-old, which she said is going to become more common as vaccination rates drop.

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However, this requires a spinal tap with a cannula -- an invasive procedure with rare complications.

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Oliver and the other doctors are fallible, be it freezing up during a spinal tap or completely overstepping into their patients’ personal lives to facilitate a father-daughter reunion.

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The patient may undergo a PET scan, an M.R.I. or a spinal tap — tests that detect the presence of two proteins in the brain, amyloid plaques and tau tangles, both associated with Alzheimer’s.

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The blood tests are easier and less invasive than the PET scans and spinal taps that traditionally have been used to measure levels of Alzheimer’s-related proteins.

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