title: Radiculography with reduced amounts of contrast medium.
abstract: Because of the frequency and seriousness of side effects observed after radiculography, due to, among the other things, the amount of contrast medium, the authors describe a method that gives diagnostically satisfactory results using a low dose of contrast and a tangent-beam technique. Among 106 patients undergoing radiculography with a tangent-beam technique and Iopamidol, only 4 developed mild side effects, namely headache in three cases and headache with nausea in one.
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007479:Iopamidol; D007483:Iothalamic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D007483:Iothalamic Acid; D007479:Iopamidol