Management of chronic discogenic low back pain with a thermal intradiscal catheter: A preliminary report

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 382-388

  Saal, Joel S ^a   Saal, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a Sports Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Medicine Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Anular tear fissure; Collagen modification; Discogenic pain; Discography; Interbody lumbar fusion; Internal disc derangement; Percutaneous disc surgery; Thermal treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033954926     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200002010-00021     Document Type: Article

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