Computed tomography for the diagnosis of lumbar spinal pathology in adult patients with low back pain or sciatica: A diagnostic systematic review

European Spine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 228-239

  Van Rijn, Rogier M ^a   Wassenaar, Merel ^b   Verhagen, Arianne P ^a   Ostelo, Raymond W J G ^c   Ginai, Abida Z ^a   De Boer, Michiel R ^c   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^c   Koes, Bart W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diagnostic imaging; Low back pain; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE DISEASE;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SCIATICA; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861304243     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-2012-2     Document Type: Review

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