[Diagnostic importance of surgical diskography].
The author's experience with roentgenocontrast studies of intervertebral discs in 15 patients with osteochondrosis during an operative procedure is reported. The technic of operative discography and some possible complications are described. An importance of intraoperative discography, that is indicated in emotionally labile patients and in cases of failure of preoperative contrasting of discs, is discussed. A contrast roentgenological investigation allowed not only to reveal structural changes in a disc, but also to determine an extent and character of operative interventions.
D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D003949:Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography
D003287:Contrast Media
Diagnosticheskoe znachenie operatsionnoĭ diskografii