The Yield of Lumbosacral Spine MRI in Patients with Isolated Chronic Low Back Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Tareq KanaanMohammed S AlisiYara AnaswehNoor YousefQussay Al-SabbaghFadi HadidiAbdul Rahman Al-ShudifatPublished in: Orthopedic research and reviews (2020)
Jordanian patients presented with CLBP have similar worldwide patterns of lumbar degenerative changes. Providing that near one-third of patients with CLBP have normal MRI findings, we suggest following a streamlined protocol for imaging of patients presented with CLBP to reduce healthcare costs.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- randomized controlled trial
- physical activity
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced
- minimally invasive
- mass spectrometry
- risk factors
- patient reported
- fluorescence imaging