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Correlation of Computed Tomography with Surgical Diagnosis in Lumbar Disc Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Robert Griebel*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
Stanley Tchang
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
Moe Khan
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
George Varughese
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
*
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0X0.
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The lumbar spines of one hundred patients with suspected lumbar disc herniations were analysed with computed tomography. The results are compared with the patients’ surgical diagnosis and with myelography. CT scanning is with few exceptions the diagnostic procedure of choice in investigating lumbar disc disease.

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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1983

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