Diagnostic
  • Investigate meningoencephalitis
  • Investigate neurological disorders:
    • Multiple Sclerosis
    • Guillain Barre
    • Mitochondrial Disorders
    • Paraneoplastic Syndromes
  • Investigate subarachnoid haemorrhage
  • Investigate disorders of intracranial pressure
  • Administer diagnostic agents:
    • Contrast media in myelography
Therapeutic
  • Spinal anaesthesia
  • Administer therapeutic agents:
    • Intrathecal chemotherapy
    • Intrathecal antibiotics
    • Intrathecal baclofen
  • Manage specific disorders:
    • Benign intracranial hypertension
    • Acute communicating hydrocephalus
    • Cryptococcal meningitis in HIV infection
    • CSF leak