CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY, cilt.200, 2021 (SCI-Expanded)
Objective: Penetration of intervertebral disc joint during lumbar puncture might be unnoticed during procedure. However, accelerated degeneration of the disc joint is a long-term consequence of inadvertent penetration. In this paper, we aimed to demonstrate and evaluate the risk of disc puncture during standard lumbar puncture.