Results
Common complications of lumbar puncture can be avoided if a step by step approach to rule out complications is followed, and a safety checklist is adhered to. Atraumatic LP needle better than conventional ones. Outpatient LP is safe and efficacious. Medications administered through intrathecal and intraventricular routes are ever increasing. Biomarkers in CSF will have substantial clinical implications in neurodegenerative diseases. MRI prior to LP does not cause significant meningeal enhancement and the practice of delaying LP for imaging in every case should not be encouraged.