It’s About Time! 2023 BME Spring Capstone Team Aims to Reduce 70% Failure Rate of Common Lumbar Punctures
Lumbar punctures are a procedure performed by neurologists to obtain cerebrospinal fluid from a patient’s back, typically from the L3/L4 spinal canal, and are used for diagnosis and treatment of many neurological diseases and cancers. There are more than 8 million conducted worldwide every year, including 370,000 in the United States. Currently, doctors feel…