6-month results of TransDiscal Biacuplasty on patients with discogenic low back pain: Preliminary findings

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Karaman, Haktan ^a   Tüfek, Adnan ^a   Kavak, Gönül Ölmez ^a   Kaya, Sedat ^b   Yildirim, Zeynep Baysal ^a   Uysal, Ersin ^a   Çelik, Feyzi ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Diyarbakir Training and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cool radiofrequency; Discogenic pain; Intradiscal electrothermal therapy; Low back pain; Transdiscal biacuplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISCOGENIC PAIN; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; TRANSDISCAL BIACUPLASTY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 79751492826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14491907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.8.1     Document Type: Article

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