Lumbar spine MRI for low back pain: Indications and yield

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 550-559

  Roudsari, Bahman ^a,b   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Disk herniation; Low back pain; MRI; Spinal stenosis; Spine metastasis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOBENZAPRINE; FLUOXETINE; IBUPROFEN; METHADONE; MORPHINE SULFATE; OXYCODONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NEUROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE METASTASIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956840632     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4367     Document Type: Review

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