A reassessment of Holt&apos;s data on: &quot;The question of lumbar discography&quot;

Simmons, J.W.; Aprill, C.N.; Dwyer, A.P.; Brodsky, A.E.; Simmons, J.W; Aprill, C.N; Dwyer, A.P; Brodsky, A.E

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A reassessment of Holt's data on: "The question of lumbar discography"

Simmons, J.W.; Aprill, C.N.; Dwyer, A.P.; Brodsky, A.E.

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 1988(237): 120-124

1988

ISSN/ISBN: 0009-921X

PMID: 2973381

Document Number: 316916

This paper is a detailed critique of Holt's study entitled "The Question of Lumbar Discography." His finding of a 37% false positive rate in asymptomatic volunteers has been used to discredit lumbar discography as a valid diagnostic study in the investigation of low back pain patients with nonprolapsing disc disease of the lumbar spine. The authors show why Holt's paper should no longer be used as scientific and authoritative evidence against the use of discography by today's standards.