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Patient positioning and skin puncture for lumbar discography. Photograph shows the patient lying in a left lateral decubitus position. The skin puncture point is approximately 8cm to the right of the midline. The shorter outer needle has been inserted with an obliquity of approximately 45 degrees to the sagittal plane. Its stylet is being removed in preparation for insertion of the longer inner needle.
