Radiculography with reduced amounts of contrast medium.

Abstract

Because of the frequency and seriousness of side effects observed after radiculography, due to, among the other things, the amount of contrast medium, the authors describe a method that gives diagnostically satisfactory results using a low dose of contrast and a tangent-beam technique. Among 106 patients undergoing radiculography with a tangent-beam technique and Iopamidol, only 4 developed mild side effects, namely headache in three cases and headache with nausea in one.

• Authors: E Signorini, N Caputo, C Chiurulla, E Ciorba, G P Pelliccioli, E Cianciulli
• Journal: Acta neurochirurgica (Acta Neurochir (Wien)) Vol. 73 Issue 3-4 Pg. 223-8 ( 1984) ISSN: 0001-6268 [Print] Austria
• PMID: 6516921 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Contrast Media
• Iothalamic Acid
• Iopamidol

Topics

• Contrast Media (adverse effects)
• Female
• Headache (etiology)
• Humans
• Intervertebral Disc Displacement (diagnostic imaging)
• Iopamidol
• Iothalamic Acid (adverse effects, analogs & derivatives)
• Male
• Methods
• Middle Aged
• Nausea (etiology)
• Radiography
• Spinal Nerve Roots (diagnostic imaging)