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The value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in lumbosacral spinal dysraphism is reviewed. Althoigh some technical problems still remain to be overcome, it is obvious tha MRI is the examination of choice for the preoperative assessment of these congenital disesses.
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Demaerel, P., Wilms, G., Raaijmakers, C. et al. MRI in spinal lumbosacral dysraphism. Eur. Radiol. 1, 139–144 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00451297
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