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Lumbar Discogram Technique for Diagnosis of Back Pain ... A discogram is a preoperative study designed to determine if an intervertebral disc is a pain generator. This article provides an overview of modern technique for a lumbar dis.. ... Lumbar Discography for Back Pain Diagnosis...
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www.spine-health.com/information/diagnostic-tools
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You will lie on your back for cervical discography, or on your stomach for thoracic and lumbar discography. Your skin will then be cleansed with an antiseptic solution. The physician will numb a small area of skin.
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www.spineuniverse.com/article/article1170.html
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Brodsky, et al . Lumbar Discography- Its value in diagnosis and Treatment of Lumbar Disc Lesions. Spine 1979 4:2;110-120. ... Bernard. Lumbar Discography Followed by Computed Tomography- Refining the Diagnosis of Low Back Pain. Spine 1990 15:7; 690-707.
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Controlled clinical trials of discography are lacking, and a standard against which to compare is elusive. When comparing outcomes of fusion procedures, lumbar discography is sensitive but lacks specificity.
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emedicine.medscape.com/article/1145703-overview
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Lumbar discography is an invasive diagnostic procedure that involves, under fluoroscopic guidance, the puncturing of a disc for the instillation of iodinated contrast into the nucleus pulposus. ... Lumbar Discography Technique...
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www.medscape.com/viewarticle/442454_3
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In all patients, the definitive diagnostic technique was lumbar discography followed by computerized tomographic scanning. All patients underwent lumbar arthrodesis.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/8202797?src=emed_ckb_...
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Lumbar discography has been suggested as a means of testing the lumbar disc as a source of back pain. ... A critical evaluation of discography in patients with lumbar intervertebral disc disease.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8742222
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the review is to update the North American Spine Society position statement published in 1994 that addressed criticisms of lumbar discography, to identify indications for SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Lumbar discography remains a controversial diagnostic procedure.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14589214
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Provocative discography is the only method that directly relates a radiographic image to the patientís pain. ... Lumbar discogenic pain and internal disk disruption are defined as lumbar spine pain with or without referred pain, stemming from an intervertebral disk, caused by internal disruption of the normal structural...
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www.ncpainmanagement.com/InfoLumbarDiscography.htm
www.ncpainmanagement.com/InfoLumbarDiscography.htm
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