Iatrogenic spinal hematoma as a complication of lumbar puncture: What is the risk and best management plan?

Results: Based on 35 LP-related spinal hematoma cases in the post-1974 literature and our encounters, we found 28.6% of patients presenting with preexisting coagulopathy had poor outcomes regardless of intervention, relative to 14.3% of patients without coagulopathy; a highly significant difference ( P = 0.02).

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