Value and limitations of electro-myography and of radiculography in the diagnosis of lumbar disc hernia (retrospective analysis of 150 cases operated on).
With the object of evaluating the accuracy of electro-myography and of radiculography in the diagnosis of prolapsed intervertebral disc, the writers carried out a critical review of 150 cases operated on with positive findings, in which both the above investigations had been performed preoperatively.
D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*