title: [Comparative study of computed x-ray tomography and saccoradiculography in the diagnosis of early lumbar disk herniation. Apropos of 50 surgically-proven cases].
abstract: Comparison of diagnostic accuracy using the two methods showed scanner imaging to provide superior results, with confirmation of herniated disc in 90 p. 100 cases based on purely discal semiological features. Limitations of the method result from the absence of epidural fat (narrow lumbar canals). A new hierarchy of radiological explorations in resistant lumbosciatica is proposed.
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012585:Sciatica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Etude comparative du scanner et de la saccoradiculographie dans le diagnostic des hernies discales lombaires inaugurales. A propos de 50 cas vérifiés chirurgicalement.