Related Experiment Videos
Non-corresponding radiological and surgical diagnoses in patients operated for sciatica
F G Slebus1, R Braakman, J Schipper
1Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Dijkzigt, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
One hundred and nine patients with radicular leg-pain underwent both computer-tomography and myelography and were subsequently operated upon. The diagnoses on computer-tomogram, myelogram and surgery failed to correspond in 41 cases. Stenosis of the bony spinal canal, scar formation, and an intra- or extraforaminal herniation were the most frequent causes of discrepancy in the diagnoses. In cases of spinal stenosis and previous disc surgery both computer-tomography and myelography have to be performed. Certain precautions taken during computer-tomography and myelography may reduce the number of discrepant findings.