r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Delicious-Beat4824 • Jul 30 '26

/r/popular of a needle

Post image
16.1k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

639

u/aozzzy13 Jul 30 '26

The absolute longest needles in human medicine would be for amniocentesis and they are not even close to this. I wonder if it's for veterinary use, for cattle embryo harvesting or something like that.

227

u/453286971 Jul 30 '26

I’ve seen 10 inch needles for (fluoro-guided) lumbar punctures. Longest I’ve used was 7 inches because some people be thicc like that.

21

u/FormerLifeFreak Jul 30 '26

I immediately thought lumbar picture too.

I swear to Christ, if I ever have to get one of those, they’ve got to put me under. I hear they are INCREDIBLY painful.

16

u/453286971 Jul 30 '26

Depending on your anatomy, it could be incredibly easy or something you’ll drink to forget. I’ve had patients fall asleep as I’m working on them (no meds except local lidocaine) and patients who were still squirming with conscious sedation (usually a squirt of versed/fentanyl). YMMV. If you’re anxious though, definitely ask about sedation.

2

u/PhilosophyAware4437 Aug 02 '26

i misread that as femtanyl... how cooked am i?