SACRAL FRACTURE MRI: HOW TO FIND ON A LUMBAR MRI HOW TO FIND SACRAL FRACTURE ON LUMBAR MRI When the clinical examination and referral notes are inadequate (Back Pain F.I.) the cause of the pain may well be sacral rather than lumbar. On a standard lumbar spine MRI with axial and sagittal scans, the sacrum …
DISC HERNIATION & ACUTE DENERVATION MRI Lumbar Spine Disc herniation with Paraspinal Muscle Denervation. DISC HERNIATION: WHAT DOES DENERVATION LOOK LIKE Lumbar MRIs are likely the most common MRI people would report but to see acute denervation changes from disc herniation is uncommon. So what does denervation look like in the lumbar spine? ACUTE TO …
INTRO: Pars defects can be difficult to see on MRI. Here is an easy way to know if the slip/ spondylolistheisis you are seeing is due to a pars defect or is from degenerative facet disease. THE TIP: In Degenerative spondylolisthesis, the canal is always small. In spondylolisthesis due to a Pars Defect, the …
SPONDYLOLISTHESIS: PARS DEFECT OR DEGENERATION: HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE QUICKLY Read More »
In our workshops, before we look at abnormal, we always look at the normal appearance of a structure and make sure we understand it well. Without knowing normal, you can’t hope to understand what is abnormal. So what does a normal lumbar disc look like on MRI and what is the normal degenerative process of …
