radiculography

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English

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Etymology

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From radiculo- +‎ -graphy.

Noun

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radiculography (plural radiculographies)

  1. Medical examination of spinal nerve roots, especially as a method of identifying prolapsed intervertebral discs
    • 2015 August 21, Michaela Tomanova, Marcela Lippert-Grüner, Lenka Lhotska, “Specific rehabilitation exercise for the treatment of patients with chronic low back pain”, in Journal of Physical Therapy Science[1], volume 27, →DOI:
      According to Ricci et al., approximately 39% of patients suffer from herniated disc and do not describe any subjective complaints, and during radiculography protrusion of the intervertebral disc was found in 50% of cases and herniation of the disc in 24% of cases, data in a study on workers in the USA 8 ) .
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