Both the editor of The Spine Journal, Dr. Eugene J. Carragee, and the head of the North American Spine Society, Dr. Charles A. Mick, described the Yale project as laudable.
The journal's move was significant because it is published by the nation's biggest group of spine surgeons, the North American Spine Society.
(Later on, I speak to Dr Russell Nelson, founder and medical director of the Nelson Spine Institute in California and a spine surgeon for 30 years. Nelson tells me that someone trained in anaesthesia is not trained in spinal anatomy.
It was subsequently extended to include lumbar spine DEXA measurements.
The diagnosis and treatment protocols for spine LCH remain controversial.
Congenital dislocation of the spine (CDS) is a rare condition.
In the spine, LCH has a predilection for the thoracic spine, followed by the lumbar spine and the cervical spine.
The reasons for missing IF at lumbar spine MRI may be various.
Location of the anterior (ANS) and posterior nasal spine (PNS) obtained from a CBCT radiograph.
The landmarks were the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) and the lateral edge of the patella.
In integrated cardiac PET/MRI, the patient is placed on top of a rigid phased-array spine RF coil.
