15. Discogenic Low Back Pain

Pain Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 560-579

  Kallewaard, Jan Willem ^a   Terheggen, Michel A M B ^a   Groen, Gerbrand J ^b   Sluijter, Menno E ^d   Derby, Richard ^e   Kapural, Leonardo ^f   Mekhail, Nagy ^f   Van Kleef, Maarten ^c  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^e Spinal Diagnostics and Treatment Center   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discogenic low back pain; Discography; Evidence based; Interventional therapy; Intradiscal therapy

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISCOGENIC PAIN; DISKITIS; DISKOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTRADISCAL BIACUPLASTY; LOW BACK PAIN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOPLASTY; OZONE DISCOLYSIS; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PRESSURE; PRESSURE CONTROLLED PROVOCATIVE DISCOGRAPHY; RADICULAR PAIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THERMOCOAGULATION;

EID: 78049465428     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2010.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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