Open AccessLumbar disc herniation: Is there an association between histological and magnetic resonance imaging findings?
Author(s) -
Shiju A Majeed,
N Arun Kumar Seshadrinath,
Kavitha Ravi Binoy,
Laila Raji
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.181794
Subject(s) - medicine , radiological weapon , grading (engineering) , intervertebral disc , magnetic resonance imaging , lumbar , spondylolisthesis , low back pain , degeneration (medical) , radiology , intervertebral disc displacement , lumbar vertebrae , pathology , civil engineering , alternative medicine , engineering
Although validated radiological scoring systems and histological scoring system of surgically removed degenerated disc are used in assessment of progression of intervertebral disc degeneration, there have not been many studies that integrate these two aspects of assessments. The data available in this respect are very limited. This clinical study was designed to find the correlation between quantitative radiological score (Pfirmann grading system and Modic changes [MC]) and quantitative histological degeneration score (HDS).