Cervical Discography Defended

Abstract

ABSTRACT To the Editor.— When Earl P. Holt, Jr., MD, published his first article on cervical discography (188:799, 1964), I chose to make no public comment because his conclusions were based on poorly executed, improperly interpreted, nonscientific experiment. It was the hope of those of us who considered cervical discography valuable diagnostic procedure that Holt's conclusions, and those of others who agree with him, would be disregarded.But in regard to Dr. Holt's most recent writing in The Journal on this subject (231:613, 1975), it was difficult for me to exercise restraint to comment on his attempt to strengthen his original conclusion that cervical discography has no diagnostic value. He now states that it should be abolished and demands a hard and fast moratorium on the procedure. In this report, ten years later than the first, Holt states that evidence has accumulated to uphold [his original] views. However, he