Nucleoplasty with or without intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET) as a treatment for lumbar herniated disc

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Cohen, Steven P ^a,b,c   Williams, Shawn ^b   Kurihara, Connie ^b   Griffith, Scott ^b   Larkin, Thomas M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Dept of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Intradiscal electrothermal therapy; Low back pain; Lumbar disc herniation; Nucleoplasty; Radiculopathy; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISKOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NUCLEOPLASTY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RADICULAR PAIN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CATHETER ABLATION; CHEMONUCLEOLYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HEAT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAT; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK CHEMOLYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17744386410     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000127823.54485.3f     Document Type: Article

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