Acute histologic effects and thermal distribution profile of disc biacuplasty using a novel water-cooled bipolar electrode system in an in vivo porcine model

Pain Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-32

  Petersohn, Jeffrey D ^a   Conquergood, Laura R ^b   Leung, Mark ^b  

^a PainCare PC   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biacuplasty; Histology; Intervertebral Disc; Low Back Pain; Temperature Mapping; TransDiscal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISC BIACUPLASTY; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWINE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FLUOROSCOPY; HEAT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; SWINE;

EID: 38949139476     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2006.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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