What is the Best Test To Diagnose Your Herniated Disc?
на канале: Dr. Neubardt & Dr. Stern ---The Neuro-Ortho Team---
What is the best test to diagnose a herniated cervical disc? How is a slipped disk diagnosis made? How do you find out if you have a herniated disc? The most sensitive test to confirm the presence of a herniated disc is an MRI of your neck. Although other tests may be ordered by your doctor such as CT scan, x-ray and myelogram, it is the MRI that is most often the preferred study when symptoms of neck pain with arm pain, numbness, tingling and weakness do not resolve on their own within six weeks. The MRI will show the disc, the nerves and the spinal cord. CT/Myelogram is not usually a first line study. X-Ray of the neck will show the vertebral bones and spaces for the discs but an actual herniation can not be seen with x-ray. In this video, Dr. Seth Neubardt, orthopedic spinal specialist, explains the various tests that are available to diagnose a disk and informs you of the best test to get to see the herniation in the cervical spine.
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