Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1969;51:539-547.
© 1969 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
An Evaluation of the Electromyogram in the Diagnosis of the Lumbar-Disc Lesion
LOUIS P. BRADY M.D.1,
L. BURTON PARKER M.D.2, and
JUSTINE VAUGHEN M.D.2
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This report analyzes the results of surgical explorations of the lumbar discs as correlated with preoperative myelograms, electromyograms, or both.
The over-all accuracy of myelography in this series was 77.2 per cent and that of electromyography 92.3 per cent.