The diagnostic value of magnetic resonance in disc pathology of the lumbosacral region

C Masciocchi; L Quarta Colosso; M Gallucci; E Fascetti; B Beomonte Zobel; S Flamini; F Recchioni; R Passariello

The diagnostic value of magnetic resonance in disc pathology of the lumbosacral region

Chir Organi Mov. 1990 Apr-Jun;75(2):141-6.

[Article in English, Italian]

Authors

C Masciocchi¹, L Quarta Colosso, M Gallucci, E Fascetti, B Beomonte Zobel, S Flamini, F Recchioni, R Passariello

Affiliation

¹ Cattedra di Radiologia dell'Università dell'Aquila.

PMID: 2279418

Abstract

An MRI tomograph was used to examine 396 patients with suspected disc pathology of the lumbosacral region. Forty two patients in whom disc herniation was diagnosed underwent surgery. MR proved to be a reliable and accurate method for the diagnosis of disc herniation, revealing its site and size as well as compression on the neural structures. The limits of MR are discussed and integrated diagnostic protocol in lumbosacral disc pathology is proposed.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Electromyography
Female
Humans
Intervertebral Disc Displacement / diagnosis*
Intervertebral Disc Displacement / surgery
Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
Lumbar Vertebrae / injuries
Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology*
Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Middle Aged
Myelography
Recurrence
Tomography, X-Ray Computed