Bone Scans Are Reliable for the Identification of Lumbar Disk and Facet Pathology

Conclusions For the identification of disk pathology, it is reasonable to use either conventional bone SPECT or bone SPECT-CT; however, bone SPECT-CT is more reliable for facet joint pathology.[...]Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkArticle in Thieme eJournals:Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text

Source: Global Spine Journal - October 25, 2014 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Malham, Gregory M.Parker, Rhiannon M.Ballok, Zita E.Goss, BenDiwan, Ashish D.Uribe, Juan S. Tags: Original Article Source Type: research