title: The usual appearance of the postoperative lumbar spine.
abstract: Computed tomography is, for the most part, the study of choice for assessing the alterations in the lumbar spine produced by surgical procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94118.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Mall
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kaiser
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007796:Laminectomy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D009192:Myelography; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed