A few months ago, I was scheduled to have an MRI. Right before it was to be done, the tech informed me that it would not be safe to have it done because of my pelvic embolization coils. These are stainless steel coils I had implanted a few years ago due to painful pelvic varicosities. So, later the doctor ordered a CT scan instead.
There was some question before this, however, as to whether or not the coils were MRI compatible. The doctor who implanted them said they were; the tech said otherwise.
The problem with CTs is the high dose of radiation which the patient receives.
Best,
Brenda
age: 60
diagnosed age 13: no treatment
47 degree thoracic
85 degree thoracolumbar
surgery scheduled for Aug. 30 and Sept. 2
A/P T-1 to pelvis with osteotomies & cages: proposed