Diagnosis of Spinal paraplegia By MRI & Conventional X-ray Comparative Study

Abstract

This study was conducted at AL shaab Teaching Hospital, Khartoum advance diagnosis center and Elingaz Diodnostic Center (Doaa) from march to September 2007 . 30 patients of different sexes and ages suspected to have spinal paraplegia were investigated by the conventional x- ray and the MRI. The data was collected from the practical work and the reported cases. The result was analyzed and the study showed that the conventional x-ray detected the disease in 23 patients (76.7%) and 7 (23.3%) were normal, while the MRI reported the disease in 28 patients (93.3%) and only 2 (6.7%) were normal. From this results it is clear that the MRI investigation is more efficient Presented (93.3%) than the conventional x-ray in the diagnosis of spinal paraplegia Witch Presented (76.7%).