A Comparison of CT/Discography, Pain Response and Radiographic Disc Height

Vanharanta, Heikki; Sachs, Barton L.; Spivey, Mark A.; Hochschuler, Stephen H.; Guyer, Richard D.; Rashbaum, Ralph F.; Ohnmeiss, Donna D.; Mooney, Vert

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“…14 Especially when the search targets pain elicited during injection, discography is superior to the former examinations for assessment of low back pain resulting from disc disease. 14,15 Next to the signs of endplate and subchondral bone involvement considered earlier, MRI may show disc dehydration (black disc) and the presence of a high-density zone reflecting rupture on the posterior side of a disc. The latter sign is only slightly more specific to chronic low back pain than the former.…”

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Course of Modic 1 Six Months After Lumbar Posterior Osteosynthesis

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“…It is accepted that decreasing content of water in a disc is the result of the decrease in the amount of PG [4,10,34,55]. Therefore, a decrease will occur in the hydration of a disc with decreased PG content.…”

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“…Movement ability and shock absorption capabilities of the vertebral column are provided by proteoglycan (PG), collagen, and water found in the structure of the intervertebral disc [1,2,4,10,19,21,22,40,43,49,55]. As a result of disc degeneration related to ageing or disc herniation, water and PG *This study was presented in part at the 8th National Congress of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society, Marmaris, May 8-12, 1994. content of the disc decreases with loss of its hydrostatic properties [1, 4, 8-10, 26, 27, 29, 34, 37, 40, 55].…”

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Effect of Nd?YAG laser on experimental disc degeneration part I. Biochemical and radiographical analysis

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Intervertebral disc herniation is an important health problem from both the social and economic aspect. It is often accompanied by a decrease in the content of water and proteoglycan (PG). The present study was undertaken to elucidate the effect of neodymium-yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser on degenerated disc tissue. In this study a ventral disc herniation model in guinea pigs was performed to study the effects of ND:YAG laser on degenerated disc with low water and PG content. Effect of ND:YAG laser on degenerated cervical disc tissue is examined from the aspects of biochemistry and radiology. In the acute period water, PG, and collagen content decreased due to the ablative effect of ND:YAG laser on disc tissue. When changes in the degenerated disc in the post-laser chronic period were compared with degenerated disc findings, statistically significant changes could not be be found. From the results of this study, there is no question that the Nd:YAG laser offers many potential benefits, it remains to be proven whether or not this is of real benefit in the treatment of patients with degenerated disc disease.

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“…The economic effect in the United States has been estimated at up to $100 billion per year (1). The societal costs stemming from compromised quality of life for the estimated 5.2 million disabled back-pain patients and their families are also considerable (2,3).…”

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Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy of the intervertebral disc

Majumdar

2006

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Intervertebral disc disease is an emerging health concern and has a considerable negative effect on the economy and on society. MRI has a critical role in assessing the disc, but it is still a challenge to objectively correlate disc health and pain with images. In this paper, a review of MR disc imaging techniques including grading, relaxation time measurements, diffusion, and contrast perfusion is presented. In addition, high-resolution magic-angle spinning methods to correlate in vitro disc degeneration (with pain, etc) are discussed. With the potential for gaining morphological and biochemical information, MRI shows promise for quantitative assessment of disc health.

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A Comparison of CT/Discography, Pain Response and Radiographic Disc Height

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Course of Modic 1 Six Months After Lumbar Posterior Osteosynthesis

Course of Modic 1 Six Months After Lumbar Posterior Osteosynthesis

Effect of Nd?YAG laser on experimental disc degeneration part I. Biochemical and radiographical analysis

Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy of the intervertebral disc

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