Comparison between MRI and myelography in lumbar spinal canal stenosis for the decision of levels of decompression surgery

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-36

  Morita, Masahiro ^a   Miyauchi, Akira ^b   Okuda, Shinya ^b   Oda, Takenori ^b   Iwasaki, Motoki ^c  

^a Izumi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

decompression surgery; lumbar spinal canal stenosis; magnetic resonance imaging; myelography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 79951682401     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181d4c993     Document Type: Article

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