THE VALUE OF SPINAL MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING (MRI) IN LOCATING PROLAPSES OF LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISKS

Authors
TRAPPE AE FRANK AM WEINZIERL FX OBLETTER N
Citation
Ae. Trappe et al., THE VALUE OF SPINAL MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING (MRI) IN LOCATING PROLAPSES OF LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISKS, Neurosurgical review, 16(4), 1993, pp. 275-281
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Surgery
Journal title
Neurosurgical review → ACNP
ISSN journal
03445607
Volume
16
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
275 - 281
Database
ISI
SICI code
0344-5607(1993)16:4<275:TVOSM(>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Between 1986 and 1988 100 patients in whom MRI had been used to diagno se prolapses of lumbar intervertebral discs were admitted to the neuro surgical department of the Munich Technical University. MRI proved to be a valuable diagnostic technique, even if one has to concede certain limitations to the usefulness of the results when compared to convent ional methods, particularly in such cases where clinical symptoms are not clear. Typical findings are illustrated and compared with those se en in MRI, whose relative importance is discussed.