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British Journal of Radiology (1990) 63, 535-536
© 1990 British Institute of Radiology
doi: 10.1259/0007-1285-63-751-535
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Assessment of a single lumbar spine radiograph in low back pain

S. Padley, MRCP * F. Gleeson, MRCP, FRCR R. Chisholm, MRCP, FRCR and J. Baldwin, MRCP, FRCR

Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge

Correspondence: * Author for correspondence.

The lumbosacral spine radiographs of 200 patients with unexplained low back pain and without neurological signs were reviewed. The purpose of the study was to determine whether significant diagnostic information would be lost by replacing the standard three film series with a single radiograph, either in the lateral or antero-posterior projection. The contribution of the coned lumbosacral junction view was also assessed. The results show that a single lateral radiograph is diagnostically satisfactory and would have the added advantages of reducing patient radiation dose and radiographic workload.

Received for publication December 1, 1989. Revision received February 1, 1990.




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