Life with Passion !: Back Pain Relief -- Neurosurgeon Devises MRI-Based Technique to Diagnose Sciatica

Oct 1, 2009

Back Pain Relief -- Neurosurgeon Devises MRI-Based Technique to Diagnose Sciatica

-- Up to 40 million American suffer from sciatica pains, but the condition is often not diagnosed correctly. A new imaging technique uses a specially tuned MRI scan to image nerves and highlight them deep inside tissues. Called Magnetic Resonance Neurography, the new technique promises to diagnose conditions such as sciatica -- in which a compressed nerve in the buttock causes persistent lower-back and leg pain -- in up to 95 percent of cases that were previously undiagnosed.

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3 comments:

nothing profound said...: My mother suffered from sciatica for many years. I can remember her crawling in the kitchen on her hands and knees. Any procedure that can diagnose and help relive that awful pain is more than welcome.; October 3, 2009 8:20 AM
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Life with Passion ! said...: NP, Yep! this new technique looks good, hopefully will now be able to diagnose Sciatica, bringing relief to millions of people suffering from the pain. My thoughts go out for your mother ! Thanks for sharing this with me !; October 3, 2009 11:07 AM