腰椎椎間板ヘルニアにおける単純CTの診断的価値について

抄録

Recently the technique of CT scanning was developed remarkably and proved to be more reliable examination in the area of spinal surgery. As the result of improvement of resolution of plain CT, soft tissue structure within the vertebral canal can be differentiated. Whereas the development of other diagnotic examinations such as CT discography and NRI gives some confusion for the diagnotic value of plain CT. The purpose of this article is to analyze the role of plain CT in the diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation compared with other imaging techniques.