title: The choice of contrast agent for myelography in patients with nonpenetrating cervical spine trauma.
abstract: Forty patients with neurological deficits from cervical spine trauma had cervical myelography with metrizamide, gas, iophendylate, or a combination thereof. At a low dosage (less than or equal to 1.25 g I), metrizamide was found to be not only the most effective in demonstrating the spinal cord but also safe if used with a C-arm biplane fluoroscopic unit which has tomographic capability.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D007481:Iophendylate; D008297:Male; D008793:Metrizamide; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography / Q000379:methods*; D011029:Pneumoradiography / Q000379:methods; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D007462:Iodobenzenes; D007481:Iophendylate; D008793:Metrizamide