Results of surgery for discogenic low back pain: A randomized study using discography versus discoblock for diagnosis

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1345-1348

  Ohtori, Seiji ^a   Kinoshita, Tomoaki ^a   Yamashita, Masaomi ^a   Inoue, Gen ^a   Yamauchi, Kazuyo ^a   Koshi, Takana ^a   Suzuki, Munetaka ^a   Orita, Sumihisa ^a   Eguchi, Yawara ^a   Nakamura, Shinichiro ^a   Yamagata, Masatsune ^a   Takaso, Masashi ^a   Ochiai, Nobuyasu ^a   Kishida, Shunji ^a   Aoki, Yasuchika ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discoblock; Discography; Low back pain; Lumbar intervertebral disc

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOGENIC PAIN; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749137524     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181a401bf     Document Type: Article

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