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Title: Computed tomography of the asymptomatic postsurgical lumbar spine: analysis of the physiologic scar

Abstract

Computed tomography (CT) has been shown to be an effective noninvasive means of imaging the lumbar spine in patients with suspected disk disease. The clinical and radiographic evaluation, however, of patients with new or recurrent symptoms after surgery for disk disease is fraught with difficulty. This report describes CT changes seen in seven asymptomatic volunteers scanned at various intervals after disk surgery and discusses the implications of these findings.

Authors:
 [1]; ; ;
  1. New York Univ. Medical Center, New York
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5176222
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 142:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; SKELETAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS; VERTEBRAE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; PATIENTS; SURGERY; BODY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; MEDICINE; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; SKELETON; TOMOGRAPHY; 550602* - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-)

Citation Formats

Braun, I F, Lin, J P, Benjamin, M V, and Kricheff, I I. Computed tomography of the asymptomatic postsurgical lumbar spine: analysis of the physiologic scar. United States: N. p., 1984. Web. doi:10.2214/ajr.142.1.149.
Braun, I F, Lin, J P, Benjamin, M V, & Kricheff, I I. Computed tomography of the asymptomatic postsurgical lumbar spine: analysis of the physiologic scar. United States. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.142.1.149
Braun, I F, Lin, J P, Benjamin, M V, and Kricheff, I I. 1984. "Computed tomography of the asymptomatic postsurgical lumbar spine: analysis of the physiologic scar". United States. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.142.1.149.
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title = {Computed tomography of the asymptomatic postsurgical lumbar spine: analysis of the physiologic scar},
author = {Braun, I F and Lin, J P and Benjamin, M V and Kricheff, I I},
abstractNote = {Computed tomography (CT) has been shown to be an effective noninvasive means of imaging the lumbar spine in patients with suspected disk disease. The clinical and radiographic evaluation, however, of patients with new or recurrent symptoms after surgery for disk disease is fraught with difficulty. This report describes CT changes seen in seven asymptomatic volunteers scanned at various intervals after disk surgery and discusses the implications of these findings.},
doi = {10.2214/ajr.142.1.149},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5176222}, journal = {AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 142:1,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984}
}