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If a spinal tap leads to a NPH diagnosis, a patient then becomes a candidate for a surgery called ventricular shunting, which effectively makes the tap permanent.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2025
To make a more definitive diagnosis, a healthcare team will drain some of the cerebrospinal fluid using a procedure called a spinal tap (lumbar puncture).
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 27 May 2025
The test, which requires a simple blood draw, is less invasive than performing a spinal tap to test cerebrospinal fluid and less expensive than PET scans.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2025
About two-thirds of participants had Alzheimer’s disease (diagnosed via spinal tap); this group was nearly 80 percent male and 71 years old on average.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 June 2025
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2025
To make a more definitive diagnosis, a healthcare team will drain some of the cerebrospinal fluid using a procedure called a spinal tap (lumbar puncture).
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 27 May 2025
The test, which requires a simple blood draw, is less invasive than performing a spinal tap to test cerebrospinal fluid and less expensive than PET scans.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2025
About two-thirds of participants had Alzheimer’s disease (diagnosed via spinal tap); this group was nearly 80 percent male and 71 years old on average.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 June 2025
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“Spinal tap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spinal%20tap. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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