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An Evaluation of the Electromyogram in the Diagnosis of the Lumbar-Disc Lesion
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1969
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Electromyography 92.3Intervertebral DiscSurgerySpinal DisorderOrthopaedic SurgerySurgical ExplorationsLumbar SpineRadiologyHealth SciencesSpinal Cord InjuryRehabilitationSpine SurgeryLumbar DiscsPhysical TherapyLumbosacral RadiculopathyDegenerative SpineLumbar-disc LesionSpinal FusionElectromyographyMedicine
This report analyzes the results of surgical explorations of the lumbar discs as correlated with preoperative myelograms, electromyograms, or both. The over-all accuracy of myelography in this series was 77.2 per cent and that of electromyography 92.3 per cent.