Ascending lumbar venography in lumbar-disc disease.
For fifty-five patients with acute low-back pain or radicular pain, ascending lumbar venography was as accurate as myelography (86 per cent) in localized herniation of a lumbar disc in surgically proved cases. Myelography and lumbar venography are complementary diagnostic studies which should be used together in doubtful cases. Lumbar venography is easily performed is well-tolerated, and is relatively painless. It is not associated with arachnoiditis and has a negligible complication rate.
D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000098:blood supply*; D009192:Myelography; D010690:Phlebography / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*