Validation of topographic hybrid SPECT-CT scan in patients with and without non-specific chronic low back pain. a prospective comparative study.

Background/contextThe evidence for the treatment for non-specific chronic low back pain (ns CLBP) is very weak. Besides the complexity of the pain experience, a good biological marker or tool enabling identification of a pain generator is lacking. Hybrid imaging, combining Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography (SPECT) with Computerized Tomography (CT)-scan, has been proposed as useful in the diagnostic workup of CLBP patients.PurposeTo evaluate the sensitivity of SPECT-CT in patients with ns CLBP (group I) as compared to patients without CLBP (Group II).

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