Risk factors for failure and complications of intradiscal electrothermal therapy: A pilot study

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1142-1147

  Cohen, Steven P ^a,b,d   Larkin, Thomas ^a,b   Abdi, Salahadin ^c   Chang, Audrey ^a   Stojanovic, Milan ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Discogenic pain; Discography; Internal disc disruption; Intradiscal electrothermal therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISKOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRADISCAL ELECTROTHERMAL THERAPY; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; OBESITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACK PAIN; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038617298     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200306010-00011     Document Type: Article

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