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Thirty five women consented post partum to daily lumbar back pain assessments and
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (0.15 Tesla) within 48 hours of delivery using a
T1 weighted spin echo and a fat suppression sequence (STIR) to identify tissue water.
Nine women (26%) had lumbar disc abnormalities on MRI scan.
Variable degrees of soft tissue changes in the lumbar region were observed using the
STIR sequence in all patients after delivery. Eight women (23%) had mild, 15 (43%)
moderate, and 12 (34%) severe changes with an average of 5 segments involved. These
changes were reversible and related neither to the mode of delivery, nor to the trauma
of epidural cannulation.
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© 1995 Pearson Professional Ltd. Published by Elsevier Inc.
