A Comparative Study of Neurologic Characteristics and Surgical Findings in Lumbar Disc Hernia (original) (raw)
1991, Rivista di Neuroradiologia
The purpose of this study is to determine the diagnostic value of various methods used in the present-day diagnosis of lumbar disc hernias (myelography, computer tomography and intrathecal contrast computer tomography (myelo-computertomography or myelo-T) by comparison with surgical findings and to correlate retrospectively the most practical and beneficial methods with the result of surgery and, consequently, compare them with the findings in patients who have lower back pain and who are diagnosed as suffering from lumbar disc hernias. We have compared retrospectively the result of myelography, computer tomography, and myelocomputer tomography with the result of surgical intervention, in 130 patients who were diagnosed as suffering from lumbar disc hernias and who were operated between January 1985 and December 1987. We observed that the results were not consistent with those found at surgery in 5 out of 27 cases where CT and myelo-CT were compared, in 20 out of 109 cases where mye...
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