X Ray vs MRI for Sciatica | How Spine Surgeons Find the Problem

追加: 2026-06-06

[00:00:00]So, on the x-ray, we can see if there's abnormal motion in the spine that's contributing to nerve root irritation.

[00:00:07]And on the MRI, we can actually visualize the nerve root. We can actually draw them out and see if there's pressure on that. As surgeons, we can only address things that we can see with our eyeballs. So, that's really, really critical [music] is we have to be able to identify the anatomic finding on the imaging so that we can [music] address it during surgery.