Aaron, look at my Th1-Th2 (circled in blue) in the first picture of this post. The radiologist missed this completely and did not even mention it on his report.
The good news is that most spine surgeons couldn't care less about what the radiologist has to say. However, the radiologist's report gives the surgeon political cover NOT to look at everything and just to focus on the obvious.
I have seen cases in which the radiologist reviews the SAME MRI at different times and comes up with different results. I have also seen where a surgeon reviews the same case data at different times and comes up with different diagnoses and surgical plans.
Sadly, spine is still more of a black art than a science. Many cases are NOT cut and dried.
Aaron... like you, I am discovering that it's even worse with t-spine... they know even less than they do about cervical and lumbar spine.
Mark
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