Are outer annular fissures stimulated during diskography the source of diskogenic low-back pain? An analysis of analgesic diskography data

Pain Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 488-494

  Depalma, Michael J ^a   Lee, Jeong Eun ^c   Peterson, Lane ^a   Wolfer, Lee ^c   Ketcum, Jessica ^b   Derby, Richard ^d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Spinal Diagnostics and Treatment Center   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesic diskography; Annular fissure; Provocation diskography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROVOCATION TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LIDOCAINE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65349108106     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00602.x     Document Type: Article

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