Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: Observational study of 14 patients. METHODS: RESULTS: In fourteen patients, 58 discs were studied. The post discography MRIs identified seven annular tears and seven annular fissures. None of the fourteen patients reported symptoms suggestive of allergic reaction either during or after discography. CONCLUSIONS: Discography using intradiscal administration of gadolinium followed by MRI provides a method of obtaining a clinically pertinent study in a subset of patients who likely would not be offered the procedure, secondary to severe anaphylactoid reactions to iodinated contrast materials.
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Authors | Curtis W Slipman, Denis P Rogers, Zacharia Isaac, Jason S Lipetz, Richard Herzog, David A Lenrow, Edward J Vresilovic |
Journal | Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
(Pain Med)
Vol. 3
Issue 1
Pg. 23-9
(Mar 2002)
ISSN: 1526-2375 [Print] England |
PMID | 15102215
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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