Neurológia pre prax 6/2019
A multidisciplinary approach in the diagnostics of vertebrogenic diseases from a radiologist’s and interventional pain management specialist’s perspective
Back pain includes a big variety of diseases and clinical symptoms. They are the most common cause of pain and disability in the recent human population. The strategy of diagnostics and treatment is often ill-conceived. The aim of this paper is to inform about the options of multidisciplinary diagnostics by a neurologist, physiotherapist, pain management specialist and radiologist. This clinical entity is the second most common reason for a doctor’s visit. In the productive age, vertebrogenic diseases are the major cause of sick leave, the fifth most common cause of hospitalisation, and the third most common cause of a surgical intervention.
Keywords: back pain, radicular syndrome, interventions, MRI imaging techniques
