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suboccipital puncture

suboccipital puncture

an alternative procedure to lumbar puncture for obtaining access to the subarachnoid space for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. It involves the insertion of a needle into the cisterna magna through an area near the base of the skull to collect cerebrospinal fluid. Also called cistern puncture.

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