Association between findings of provocative discography and vertebral endplate signal changes as seen on MRI

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 438-443

  Sandhu, H S ^a   Sanchez Caso, L P ^a   Parvataneni, H K ^a   Cammisa F P , Jr ^a   Girardi, F P ^a   Ghelman, B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disc; Discography; Endplate; Lumbar; Modic; MRI; Vertebral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0034463870     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-200010000-00012     Document Type: Article

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