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diskography /dis·kog·ra·phy/ (dis-kog´rah-fe) radiography of the vertebral column after injection of radiopaque material into an intervertebral disk. diskography [diskog′rəfē] the radiographic examination of individual intervertebral disks after introduction of a radiopaque contrast medium into the center of the disk. It is used in the investigation of ruptured disks but has largely been replaced by MRI and CT myelography. diskography radiography of the vertebral column after injection of radiopaque material into an intervertebral disk. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Diagnostic workup included the following when appropriate: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) with interview, provocative diskography (with a nonpainful control level), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and diagnostic facet injection. Buirski et al[18] compared lumbar MRI findings of disk degeneration with or without protrusion in 115 patients with chronic LBP who also underwent diskography and 63 people without low back symptoms who underwent MRI only. The authors reported that in subjects with symptoms, the likelihood of pain reproduction during diskography increased with the degree of disk degeneration. |
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