A gold standard evaluation of the "discogenic pain" diagnosis as determined by provocative discography

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2115-2123

  Carragee, Eugene J ^a   Lincoln, Todd ^a   Parmar, Vik Singh ^a   Alamin, Todd ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic validity; Discogenic pain; Discography; Low back pain; Prospective study; Spinal fusion; Surgical outcome; Unstable spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISABILITY; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROVOCATION TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 33747373108     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000231436.30262.dd     Document Type: Article

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