Cervical metrizamide myelography via a C1-2 puncture for patients in a seated position.
A patient who cannot lie prone for myelography can be strapped to a pneumoencephalographic chair and rotated from an upright to supine position. Cervical lordosis is maintained and contrast material can be pooled in the cervical region or thoracic spinal canal.
D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008793:Metrizamide; D009192:Myelography / Q000379:methods; D011011:Pneumoencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation; D011187:Posture; D013129:Spinal Puncture
D008793:Metrizamide