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  • Title: Ascending lumbar venography in lumbar-disc disease.
    Author: O'Dell CW, Coel MN, Ignelzi RJ.
    Journal: J Bone Joint Surg Am; 1977 Mar; 59(2):159-63. PubMed ID: 845198.
    Abstract:
    For fifty-five patients with acute low-back pain or radicular pain, ascending lumbar venography was as accurate as myelography (86 per cent) in localized herniation of a lumbar disc in surgically proved cases. Myelography and lumbar venography are complementary diagnostic studies which should be used together in doubtful cases. Lumbar venography is easily performed is well-tolerated, and is relatively painless. It is not associated with arachnoiditis and has a negligible complication rate.
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