title: Role of MR imaging in the evaluation of low back pain (orthopedic surgeon's view).
abstract: In this article, the role of magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of degenerative lumbar disorders causing low back pain and radicular symptoms is discussed from an orthopedic surgeon's point of view. Magnetic resonance imaging can represent not only morphological, but pathological changes of osteoligamentous and neural components of the lumbar spine.
authors.affiliation: Center for Occupational Spine Disorders and Injuries, Bibai Rosai Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taneichi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis