How To Do Lumbar Puncture Anesthesia?

The patient lies on the side of the bed, holding the knee with two hands, and protruding the lumbar spine backward as far as possible to enlarge the lumbar space. Lumbar puncture is performed after disinfection and anesthesia. Generally, there is resistance when you Pierce 4 ~ 5cm, and the resistance suddenly decreases. Then pull out the needle core, rotate the needle tail, and the cerebrospinal fluid will be removed. Then insert the needle core, take out the puncture needle, and finally disinfect and fix the gauze.
Although lumbar piercing sounds terrible, it has been very mature in clinical practice and the operation is very simple. However, there are still some risk factors for lumbar piercing, which may also be harmful to the health of patients. The four hazards described above are the most important hazards of lumbar piercing. At the same time, we should pay attention to some problems before waist wear, many cases are temporarily unable to do waist wear.