If you’ve ever spent more time than you’d like to admit arguing with an MRI about which level is actually causing your patient’s symptoms, you’re not alone. A team from Juntendo University has now delivered a plot twist worthy of a spine-surgeon soap opera: your patient’s 12th rib may be sabotaging your diagnostic confidence.
Yes, the rib. That rib. The one you haven’t measured since anatomy lab.
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