Intradiscal thermal annuloplasty for the treatment of lumbar discogenic pain in patients with multilevel degenerative disc disease

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 472-476

  Kapural, Leonardo ^a   Mekhail, Nagy ^a   Korunda, Zdenko ^a   Basali, Ayman ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTRADISKAL THERMAL ANNULOPLASTY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 3242788703     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000133245.67491.90     Document Type: Article

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