Imaging for provocative discography and minimally invasive percutaneous procedures for treatment of discogenic lower back pain

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-80

  Kapural, Leonardo ^a   Goyle, Ashu ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Degenerative disc disease; Discogenic pain; Intradiscal biacuplasty; Intradiscal electrothermal therapy; Provocative discography

Indexed keywords

ANNULOPLASTY; ARTICLE; DISKOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

EID: 34249691964     PISSN: 1084208X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.trap.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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