[Postural scintimyelography of the cervical spine (author's transl)].
This study discusses the clinical validity of 101 postural scintimyelograms as a screening method for cervical myelopathy. The RIHSA or Ytterbium isotope-examination are not an extra burden to the patient if the radiopharmacon is introduced into the dural sac following Queckenstedt's test. If there is a normal rise and fall of CSF pressure after bilateral jugular compression and postural scintimyelography is judged normal as well, a cervical subarachnoid obstruction may be excluded. If both examinations yield pathological results an obstructive process in the cervical spinal canal is made certain; and in cases of spondylotic myelopathy a positive contrast myelogrpahy may thus be superfluous. If the results of these two examinations are contradictory then further neuroradiolocal studies are indicated.
D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000502:physiology; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D009333:Neck / Q000098:blood supply; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D011187:Posture; D011312:Pressure; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D012711:Serum Albumin, Radio-Iodinated; D013115:Spinal Canal; D013116:Spinal Cord; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013637:Tape Recording; D015018:Ytterbium
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011868:Radioisotopes; D012711:Serum Albumin, Radio-Iodinated; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D015018:Ytterbium
Haltungsszintimyelographie des Zervikalkanals