PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ya-Yan Lee
AU  - J. Peter Glass
AU  - Sidney Wallace
TI  - Myelography in Cancer Patients: Modified Technique
DP  - 1985 Jul 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 617--621
VI  - 6
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/6/4/617.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/6/4/617.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1985 Jul 01; 6
AB  - Because of the frequency of multiple sites of involvement, a thorough evaluation of the entire spinal canal is essential for detection and treatment of spinal compression in cancer patients. For the examination of the entire spinal canal in cancer patients, a modified approach is described using water-soluble contrast medium (metrizamide), oil-based material (Pantopaque), and a “squeezing” technique for a complete myelographic block. Of 240 patients who underwent myelography for possible spinal compression, the squeezing technique was applied through a lumbar puncture to demonstrate a complete block in 39 patients; six of these had more than one block. Of the other 201 patients, the quality of the myelograms was satisfactory or excellent in 189 (94%).