MRI imaging for low back pain alters therapy in 32% of patients, researcher says.
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
MRI FOR DIAGNOSING LOW BACK PAIN CHANGES THERAPY IN 32% OF PATIENTS enrolled in a study performed by Carol Andrews, MD, University of Utah, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Salt Lake City, et. al. Reporting results Nov. 28 at the annual conference of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago, Andrews said that 32% of the 160 subjects had at least "some change in treatment" when magnetic resonance imaging was added to the diagnostic regimen.