Intradiscal injection of fibrin sealant for the treatment of symptomatic lumbar internal disc disruption: Results of a prospective multicenter pilot study with 24-month follow-up

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-31

  Yin, Way ^a   Pauza, Kevin ^b   Olan, Wayne J ^c   Doerzbacher, Jeff F ^d   Thorne, Kevin J ^d  

^a Bellingham Spine Pain Specialists   (United States)

^b Texas Spine and Joint Hospital   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Spinal Restoration   (United States)

Author keywords

Discogenic pain; Fibrin sealant; Injection; Intervertebral disc; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISKITIS; DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL HERPES; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTRADISCAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY TUMOR; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR INTERNAL DISC DISRUPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE SPASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; ROLANDANALOG DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SACROILIITIS; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; X RAY; YOUNG ADULT;

DISCOGENIC PAIN; FIBRIN SEALANT; INJECTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LOW BACK PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISCITIS; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPASM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892534516     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12249     Document Type: Article

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