Utility of Discography as a Preoperative Diagnostic Tool for Intradural Lumbar Disc Herniation
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Utility of Discography as a Preoperative Diagnostic Tool for Intradural Lumbar Disc Herniation
Preoperative definitive diagnosis of intradural lumbar disc herniation (ILDH) is difficult despite the availability of various neuroradiological investigative tools. We present a case of ILDH diagnosed preoperatively by discography and computed tomography-discography (disco-CT).The patient was a 63-year-old man with acute excruciating right leg pain. Discography and disco-CT demonstrated leakag...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Spine Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1976-1902,1976-7846
DOI: 10.4184/asj.2016.10.4.771