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Case Reports
. 1988;94(3-4):137-43.
doi: 10.1007/BF01435867.

Non-corresponding radiological and surgical diagnoses in patients operated for sciatica

F G Slebus  1 , R Braakman, J Schipper, K J van Dongen, M Westendorp-de Serière
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Case Reports

Non-corresponding radiological and surgical diagnoses in patients operated for sciatica

F G Slebus et al. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 1988.

Abstract

One hundred and nine patients with radicular leg-pain underwent both computer-tomography and myelography and were subsequently operated upon. The diagnoses on computer-tomogram, myelogram and surgery failed to correspond in 41 cases. Stenosis of the bony spinal canal, scar formation, and an intra- or extraforaminal herniation were the most frequent causes of discrepancy in the diagnoses. In cases of spinal stenosis and previous disc surgery both computer-tomography and myelography have to be performed. Certain precautions taken during computer-tomography and myelography may reduce the number of discrepant findings.

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