Intradiscal electrothermal therapy: A treatment option in patients with internal disc disruption

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 15 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Biyani, Ashok ^a   Andersson, Gunnar B J ^b   Chaudhary, Haleem ^a   An, Howard S ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

IDD; IDET; Internal disc disruption; Intradiscal electrothermal therapy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISKOGRAPHY; ELECTROSURGERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTERNAL DISC DISRUPTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTRADISCAL ELECTROTHERMAL THERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0041566656     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200308011-00003     Document Type: Review

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