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Myelography previously served as the primary diagnostic imaging evaluation and gold standard for disc herniations and spinal stenosis, but has now been replaced by the advent of MRI and CT imaging;
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Gaviola, G.C., Shah, N.A. (2017). Lumbar Spine Imaging: Myelography. In: Yong, R., Nguyen, M., Nelson, E., Urman, R. (eds) Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43133-8_30
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