Degenerative diseases of the spine. The role of myelography and myelo-CT.
The role of myelography combined with myelo-CT in the evaluation of degenerative disease of the spine is judged differently. If MRI cannot be performed at a technically 'state of the art' standard, myelography combined with CT is the most informative link in the diagnostic chain, providing additional information to plain CT or technically inadequate MRI examinations, contributing to the final diagnosis and substantially directing the therapeutic strategy. For the preoperative evaluation of spinal stenoses, any compression of the nerve roots or the spinal cord by osseous spurs or soft tissue structures is best assessed after intrathecal administration of contrast medium.
Klinik für Diagnostische Radiologie und Neuroradiologie, Zentralklinikum Augsburg, Germany.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003287:Contrast Media