Correlation of Computed Tomography with Surgical Diagnosis in Lumbar Disc Disease
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- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences
- Vol. 10 (4) , 248-251
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0317167100045091
Abstract
The lumbar spines of 100 patients with suspected lumbar disc herniations were analyzed with computed tomography [CT]. 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.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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