Intradiscal therapies for discogenic pain

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-135

  Pomerantz, Stuart R ^a,b   Hirsch, Joshua A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Annular tear; Annuloplasty; Coblation; Dekompressor; Disc herniation; Discogenic pain; IDET; Nucleoplasty; Percutaneous discectomy

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN; CHYMOPAPAIN; GLUCOSAMINE; OXYGEN; OZONE; STEROID;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BRACE; CATHETER; CHEMONUCLEOLYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DISABILITY; DISKOGRAPHY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; ELECTRODE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRADISKAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LASER; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MYELITIS; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOPLASTY; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS DISKECTOMY; RADIOFREQUENCY; STEROID THERAPY; THERMAL ANNULOPLASTY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CHYMOPAPAIN; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 33646882348     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-939030     Document Type: Article

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