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Serial lumbar puncture can temporary reduce the symptoms in IIH patients but not recommended because of: | Serial [[lumbar puncture]] can temporary reduce the [[Symptom|symptoms]] in [[Idiopathic intracranial hypertension|IIH]] patients but not recommended because of: | ||
* The benefit of this procedure last only for 6 hours | * The benefit of this procedure last only for 6 hours | ||
* It is very painful | * It is very painful | ||
* The high rate of complications<ref name="pmid6684240">{{cite journal |vauthors=Corbett JJ, Mehta MP |title=Cerebrospinal fluid pressure in normal obese subjects and patients with pseudotumor cerebri |journal=Neurology |volume=33 |issue=10 |pages=1386–8 |date=October 1983 |pmid=6684240 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | * The high rate of [[complications]]<ref name="pmid6684240">{{cite journal |vauthors=Corbett JJ, Mehta MP |title=Cerebrospinal fluid pressure in normal obese subjects and patients with pseudotumor cerebri |journal=Neurology |volume=33 |issue=10 |pages=1386–8 |date=October 1983 |pmid=6684240 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Name of Intervention
Serial lumbar puncture can temporary reduce the symptoms in IIH patients but not recommended because of:
- The benefit of this procedure last only for 6 hours
- It is very painful
- The high rate of complications[1]