title: [Ambulatory lumbar myelography].
abstract: Out-patient lumbar myelography was carried out on 74 consecutive patients, and adverse reactions were registered by the patients themselves. Twenty-four percent experienced moderate or severe headache; 62% experienced increasing back pain of a moderate or severe degree; 40% experienced increasing leg pain of a moderate or severe degree; 15% experienced nausea/general symptoms to a moderate or severe degree. Twenty-nine percent experienced the myelography as unpleasant in a moderate or severe degree. Fourty-seven percent had some kind of adverse reaction for > or = four days. Eleven patients (16%) were admitted to hospital because of severe adverse reactions, mostly headache, and nine of them were treated with a blood patch. Twenty-five percent were referred for operation for their back disease. Generally, out-patient lumbar myelography is well tolerated, but a large proportion of the patients experience temporary adverse reactions to a moderate or severe degree, perhaps in part because of immobilisation in connection with photographing procedures.
authors.affiliation: Odense Universitetshospital, reumatologisk sektion af medicinsk afdeling C.
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Laursen
authors.forename: F O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Poulsen
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Nepper-Rasmussen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
vernacular_title: Ambulant lumbal myelografi.