1. Cameron suggests the team does a lumbar puncture , noting that sclerosing cholangitis. 2. Lumbar punctures for CSF fluid analysis are generally performed every 6 months.3. During the lumbar puncture , the patient has tetany-his arm muscles contract. 4. Being too big for a lumbar puncture , he suggests brain surgery. 5. Workup of the patient with papillitis includes lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid analysis. 6. Serious complications of a properly performed lumbar puncture are extremely rare. 7. Nekipelov describes inhumane uses of medical procedures such as lumbar punctures . 8. Before his invention patients had to suffer repeated lumbar punctures for intrathecal drug administration. 9. On his fifth day in custody, Heirens was given a lumbar puncture without anesthesia. 10. Other treatments include repeated lumbar punctures to remove excess spinal fluid in the cranium.