A myleogram comes with risks of strong headaches and possible infection due to the injection of the dye into the spinal canal. A remote but real risk that need to be weighted against the benefits. The best diagnostic test is one with no risks, on that is safe to do. So it seems accepted these days that one only does a myleogram when there is clearly something going on that can not be explained by an MRI or in a case like Justin (see his thread) where it is used to get a good image where MRI can't, like after an ADR surgery. MRI doesn't work with metal objects like ADRs.
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