MRI Radiological Predictors of Requiring Microscopic Lumbar Discectomy After Lumbar Disc Herniation.

Christopher G VarlottaDavid H GeNicholas StekasNicholas J FrangellaJordan H ManningLeah SteinmetzDennis Vasquez-MontesThomas J ErricoJohn A BendoYong H KimJonathan R StieberGerard VarlottaCharla R FischerThemistocles S ProtopsaltisPeter G PassiasAaron J Buckland

Published in: Global spine journal (2019)

Patients who underwent MLD treatment had significantly different axial HNP area, frequency of caudal migration, magnitude of cephalad/caudal migration, and disc herniation MRI signal compared to patients with nonoperative treatment.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
magnetic resonance
peritoneal dialysis
combination therapy
patient reported outcomes
replacement therapy