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View Post: the difference of contrast effects of myelography in normal dogs ...
3 Sep 2008 by Allison Zwingenberger  
the contrast effects of three different contrast media preparations (iohexol 180 mgi/ml, iohexol 240 mgi/ml and iotrolan 240 mgi/ml) in conventional and ct myelography were compared. three beagle dogs were used and the study employed a ...
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View Post: Diagnostic Imaging: Final Exam Study Guide
7 Dec 2008 by liveonearth  
(CT is OK when used w/ contrast injected into CSF: myelography) 16. What is the contrast sometimes used with MRI and why is it used? gadolinium dt effect of strongly decreasing the T1 relaxation times of the tissues to which it has ...
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View Post: WHAT MAKES BACK PAIN EASY OR DIFFICULT TO MANAGE?
21 Oct 2008 by HAiNi  
Patients undergoing myelography have a coloured dye injected into their spinal canal and are then tipped up and down on an X-ray table whilst radiograhic images are taken. Although these days myelography is not so risky, in the past, ...
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View Post: CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS
25 Dec 2008 by medical center  
MRI depicts cord changes, enlargement, compression, or atrophy well, whereas CT, especially in conjunction with myelography, shows bony changes, especially in foramina involvement. MRI has the obvious advantage of not requiring a ...
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View Post: Arm Numbness, Tingling Hands and Fingers
5 Dec 2008 by Jan Modric  
Diagnosis is made by CT, MRI or myelography. Therapy includes immobilization, cold therapy followed by heat therapy, cervical traction, analgesics, muscle relaxants, physical therapy or surgical decompression of nerve roots or spinal ...
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View Post: Syringomyelia
18 Dec 2008 by Yasser Metwally  
Acquired subarachnoid cysts usually are a sequela of previous trauma, surgery, meningitis, epidural anesthesia, Pantopaque myelography, and inflammatory diseases of the spine, such as ankylosing spondylitis, all resulting in a chronic ...
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View Post: Back Pain: Part 1
1 Jan 2009 by KC  
MRI and CT myelography usually best choice for serious spine diseases with CT-myelography better for lateral recesses of spine, bony lesions and claustrophobic patients. -EMG can test the integrity of the peripheral nervous system. ...
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