PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Braun, Ira F.
AU  - Lin, Joseph P.
AU  - Benjamin, M. Vallo
AU  - Kricheff, Irvin I.
TI  - Computed Tomography of the Asymptomatic Postsurgical Lumbar Spine: Analysis of the Physiologic Scar
DP  - 1983 Nov 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1213--1216
VI  - 4
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/4/6/1213.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/4/6/1213.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1983 Nov 01; 4
AB  - Computed tomography (CT) has been shown to be an effective noninvasive means of imaging the lumbar spine in patients with suspected disk disease. The clinical and radiographic evaluation, however, of patients with new or recurrent symptoms after surgery for disk disease is fraught with difficulty. This report describes CT changes seen in seven asymptomatic volunteers scanned at various intervals after disk surgery and discusses the implications of these findings.