Publication | Closed Access
Lumbar epidurography with metrizamide.
36
Citations
0
References
1980
Year
Lumbosacral RadiculopathyLumbar SpineSpinal Cord InjuryPain MedicinePure Seldinger TechniqueSpinal FusionConsecutive Lumbar EpidurogramsSurgeryLumbar EpidurographySacral NotchSpine SurgeryNeuropathologyMedicineSpinal DisorderOrthopaedic SurgeryRadiology
The results of 65 consecutive lumbar epidurograms obtained with metrizamide are reviewed. A pure Seldinger technique with a caudal approach through the sacral notch and selective nerve root sheath injection affords the best technical results. Lumbar epidurography serves as an important radiographic procedure in the evaluation of patients with equivocal myelography and/or confusing or nondiagnostic physical findings. It is particularly valuable in patients with a wide ventral epidural space secondary to previous surgery, arachnoiditis or congenital condition. This situation occurs most commonly at the L5-S1 disk space.