Spinal Taps Carry Higher Risks For Infants And Elderly, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Study Shows

ScienceDaily (Mar. 19, 2009) — An X-ray-guided spinal tap procedure fails more than half of the time in young infants and should be used sparingly, if at all, for those patients, according to a new study done by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

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