title: Pressure standardized lumbar discography.
abstract: The basic procedure for carrying out clinical lumbar discography has been examined. As a consequence, a pressure-standardized injection technique has been established. It is shown that monitoring the flow of contrast medium into the disc can, in the case of a true nuclear injection, improve the diagnostic efficiency. Additionally, knowledge of this flow can help to avoid a commonly occurring, but not often recognized, artefact described in detail elsewhere (Quinnell and Stockdale, 1980).
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007270:Injections, Intra-Articular; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011312:Pressure; D011859:Radiography; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media