The Best Way to Investigate an Diagnose Lumber Spine

To define the usefulness of the lumbar spine x-ray series in the emergency department and to generate clinical criteria for optimizing its application, we retrospectively studied 30 consecutive emergency department patients for whom lumbar spine x-rays were ordered. Patients were divided into traumatic (45 %) and nontraumatic (55.4 %) groups. . Four clinical findings were present in significantly different frequencies between the positive and others: an abnormal physical examination (90 % vs 10 %, Examine by x ray)