Technique of Positive Contrast Myelography

Technique of oil myelography.

opia. The use of a common set of records for all the children referred either to the school clinic or the hospital requiring treatment for squintoramblyopiawouldbe administrativelymuch easier and be more sensible from a clinical point of view. In this particular area a child with a squint and amblyopia detected as a result of a sight test at school could have three sets of records each kept in ...

Myelography in cancer patients: modified technique.

Because of the frequency of multiple sites of involvement, a thorough evaluation of the entire spinal canal is essential for detection and treatment of spinal compression in cancer patients. For the examination of the entire spinal canal in cancer patients, a modified approach is described using water-soluble contrast medium (metrizamide), oil-based material (Pantopaque), and a "squeezing" tech...

Inadvertent intrathecal use of ionic contrast media for myelography.

PURPOSE To describe instances of inadvertent intrathecal injection of ionic contrast media and to consider treatment approaches, and diagnostic and medicolegal issues. METHODS Ten cases of inadvertent injection, of which nine were reported to the manufacturers/authors and one appeared in the literature, are related with emphasis on similarity of reactions. RESULTS Six criteria are enumerate...

Myelography with metrizamide: effect of contrast removal on side effects.

Moderately severe side effects, such as prolonged headache, nausea, vomiting, or psychoneurologic symptoms, were noted in 27 (32%) of 84 patients in whom the contrast medium was not removed. Conversely, among 73 patients from whom 20-25 ml of cerebrospinal fluid with the contrast medium was removed, only 10 (14%) experienced adverse effects, a statistically significant reduction. Although new c...

Myelography in the lumbar region with water-soluble contrast medium.