Where does the needle go for a spinal tap?
multipleQAs
Where does the needle go for a spinal tap in a newly born baby? Where does the needle go for a spinal tap in an adult?
below the conus medullaris at L3/L4 or L4/L5 interspinous levels
between the lumbar vertebrae L3/L4, L4/L5 or L5/S1