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Value of computerised tomography in diagnosing diseases of the lumbar spine
Author(s) -
Weisz George M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1982.tb132275.x
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal stenosis , radiology , lumbar spine , tomography , computed tomography , stenosis , lumbar , surgery
The value of computerised tomography (CT) in diagnosing of lumbar spine disease was assessed. In this paper, the results are analysed in detail and compared with myélographie and discographie findings in disc lesions, postoperative cases and spinal stenosis. They indicate a satisfactory correlation in cases of intraspinal soft‐tissue and bony changes, but call for caution in overinterpretation of disc disorders. The clinical and medico‐legal implications are discussed.