Temperature and thermal dose distributions during intradiscal electrothermal therapy in the cadaveric lumbar spine

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1700-1708

  Kleinstueck, Frank S ^a   Diederich, Chris J ^b,c   Nau, William H ^b   Puttlitz, Christian M ^a   Smith, Jason A ^a   Bradford, David S ^a   Lotz, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperthermia; Intervertebral disc; Low back pain; Lumbar vertebrae; Nerves; Thermal dose; Thermal therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; ELECTROTHERMAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTRADISCAL ELECTROTHERMAL THERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

CADAVER; CATHETER ABLATION; COLLAGEN; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HEAT; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; NERVE FIBERS; NOCICEPTORS; SPINE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0042074507     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200308010-00013     Document Type: Article

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