Novel intradiscal biacuplasty (IDB) for the treatment of lumbar discogenic pain

Pain Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-134

  Kapural, Leonardo ^a   Mekhail, Nagy ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Degenerative disc disease; Discogenic pain; IDET; Internal disc disruption; Intervertebral disc; Intradiscal biacuplasty; Radiofrequency annuloplasty

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISKOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FLUOROSCOPY; HOME PHYSIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTRADISCAL BIACUPLASTY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SHORT FORM 36; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CORDOTOMY; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 34250200057     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2007.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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