An update of the appraisal of the accuracy of thoracic discography as a diagnostic test for chronic spinal pain

Pain Physician

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Singh, Vijay ^a   Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^b,c   Onyewu, Obi ^d,e   Benyamin, Ramsin M ^f,g   Datta, Sukdeb ^h   Geffert, Stephanie ^d,e   Parr, Allan T ⁱ   Falco, Frank J E ^d,e  

^a Spine Pain Diagnostics Associates   (United States)

^b PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d Mid Atlantic Spine and Pain Physicians   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MILLENNIUM PAIN CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^h Laser Spine and Pain Institute   (United States)

ⁱ Premier Pain Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest wall pain; Diagnostic accuracy; Discogenic pain; Falsepositive response; Intervertebral disc; Thoracic disc herniation; Thoracic intervertebral disc; Thoracic pain; Thoracic provocation discography

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISKOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SPINAL PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACIC DISKOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ARTHROGRAPHY; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; NEURALGIA; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84869800664     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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