The above document by fardon et al, listed in this issues table of contents with links to the full versions recently published by spine and the spine journal, represents an update to the original article coauthored by david fardon, md, and pierre milette, md, entitled nomenclature and classification of lumbar disk pathology. Update on product performance and reported adverse events. Standardized reporting of lumbar spine mri findings. Recommendations of the combined task forces of the american. In this work, the term herniated nucleus pulposus con sidered synonymous with intervertebral disk. Assr presidents jeff ross and alan williams worked with pierre millette in a herculean and maybe a little sisyphysian effort to define disk pathology. The paper nomenclature and classification of lumbar disc pathology. The importance of being earnestabout disk nomenclature. The persistent absence of accepted criteria led to the nomenclature project np of the american society of spine radiology assr, begun just before the turn of the century.
A normal disc is composed of a central nucleus pulposus and peripheral annulus fibrosus. Intervertebral disc disease nomenclature radiology reference. Its purpose was to promote greater clarity and consistency of usage of spinal terminology, and it has served this purpose. The disc is within the boundaries of the disc space. Microvention woven endobridge web aneurysm embolization system. Thanks to our participating technical exhibitors at the asnr 54 th annual meeting held at the washington marriott wardman park in washington, d. American society of spine radiology assr and amer ican society of neuroradiology asnr to organize a.
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