Magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance myelography in the presurgical diagnosis of lumbar foraminal stenosis

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 896-903

  Aota, Yoichi ^a,e   Niwa, Tetsu ^a   Yoshikawa, Kohki ^c   Fujiwara, Atsushi ^b   Asada, Toshio ^d   Saito, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KURIHAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foraminal stenosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance myelography; Radiculitis; Spinal canal stenosis; Spinal ganglia; Spinal nerve roots

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE MYELOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL ROOT; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 34247223192     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000259809.75760.d5     Document Type: Article

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