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lumbar puncture

procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid
Event medical_procedure Q719444
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lumbar puncture

Summary

lumbar puncture is a medical procedure[1]. It draws 1,523 Wikipedia views per month (medical_procedure category, ranking #3 of 23).[2]

Key Facts

  • lumbar puncture's instance of is recorded as medical procedure[3].
  • lumbar puncture is a type of body fluid sampling[4].
  • lumbar puncture is a type of puncturing[5].
  • lumbar puncture is a type of biopsy[6].
  • lumbar puncture's Commons category is recorded as Lumbar puncture[7].
  • lumbar puncture's medical condition treated is recorded as cranial leak of cerebrospinal fluid[8].
  • lumbar puncture's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9].

Body

Context

lumbar puncture's instance of is recorded as medical procedure[3].

Outcome and Impact

Things named for lumbar puncture include Spinal Tap[10], a rock band[11].

Why It Matters

lumbar puncture draws 1,523 Wikipedia views per month (medical_procedure category, ranking #3 of 23).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Entities named for it include Spinal Tap[10], a rock band[11].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . The Management of Cranial and Spinal CSF Leaks. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lumbar-puncture_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{lumbar puncture}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lumbar-puncture}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Medical condition treated → cranial leak of cerebrospinal fluid
    Instance of → medical procedure
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007529403605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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