Intradiscal electrothermal therapy, percutaneous discectomy, and nucleoplasty: What is the current evidence?

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-21

  Freeman, Brian J C ^a   Mehdian, Roshana ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; AUTOMATED PERCUTANEOUS DISCECTOMY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRADISCAL ELECTROTHERMAL THERAPY; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MEDLINE; NUCLEOPLASTY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RADICULAR PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMOCOAGULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39049164476     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-008-0004-7     Document Type: Review

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