Role of magnetic resonance neurography in assessment of lumbosacral radiculo-plexopathy: correlation with electrophysiological studies

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 11 Relation between the affected side in electrophysiological studies and MR neurography in patients (n = 50)

Affected side	Electrophysiological studies				χ²	p
Affected side	Normal (n = 10)	Right (n = 5)	Left (n = 10)	Bilateral (n = 25)	χ²	p
MR neurography
Normal	4 (8%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (2%)	72.209^*	< 0.001^*
Right	2 (4%)	5 (10%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Left	4 (8%)	0 (0%)	10 (20%)	1 (2%)
Bilateral	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	23 (46%)
κ (p)	0.820 (< 0.001^*) very good agreement
% Of agreement	44/50 (88%)