The study looked at 647 patients ordered to have lumbosacral spine MRIs and, ultimately, only 42 received surgery. Of the 373 patients with cervical spine MRIs, none had spine surgery within three years.
These statistics have lead researchers to believe that MRI scan results do not discriminate between those who will and will not need surgery. Thus, alternative spinal assessments should be explored.
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