title: Computed tomography of suspected lumbar disc protrusion in a district general hospital: outcome of scanning at L3/4.
abstract: 115 patients referred for computed tomography of suspected lumbar disc protrusion were surveyed retrospectively. In 42% of patients, signs and symptoms were clearly confined to the L5 or S1 root; in these cases, an abnormality at L3/4 on computed tomography did not result in surgery at L3/4.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lord
mesh_terms: D017586:Diskectomy; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018579:Patient Selection; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed