title: [Computerized tomography in the diagnosis of degenerative-dystrophic lesions of the spine and herniated intervertebral disk].
abstract: Computed tomography (CT) examination was performed in 711 patients with various degenerative and dystrophic processes in the spine. The most numerous group (485 patients) included those with a posterior discal hernia associated in 54.3% of cases with other degenerative and dystrophic alterations in the vertebral column. The hernias were paramedial in 336 and central in 147 patients. In 98.4% of cases the lumbosacral portion was involved. The CT diagnosis was verified at surgery in 103 patients (21.3%) providing evidence for setting up the principal CT criteria of the hernia: deformity of the disk posterior margin in the form of its local prolapse, deformity of the epidural fat, presence of a soft tissue component, dislocation and deformity of the dural sac. It is established that CT is a safe and highly informative diagnostic procedure in discal hernias.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Dmitriev
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Zhil'tsov
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Vavilov
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Nudnov
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Martynova
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Kosheleva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Kompiuternaia tomografiia v diagnostike degenerativno-distroficheskikh porazheniĭ pozvonochnika--gryzhi mezpozvonkovogo diska.