Radiofrequency heating of painful annular disruptions: One-year outcomes

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-13

  Finch, P M ^a,c   Price, L M ^a   Drummond, P D ^b  

^a Perth Pain Management Centre   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Perth Pain Management Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annular tear fissure; Catheter ablation; Discogenic pain; Intervertebral disc

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANNULAR TEAR; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAT; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13744261801     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000143312.08303.5d     Document Type: Article

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