Intradiscal High-Voltage, Long-Duration Pulsed Radiofrequency for Discogenic Pain: A Preliminary Report

ABSTRACT Background. Intradiscal radiofrequency, with the electrode placed in the center of the nucleus pulposus, has been a controversial procedure in patients with discogenic pain. Possibly the effect has not been due to the production of heat, but to exposure to electric fields. Design. We have...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) Mass.), 2006-09, Vol.7 (5), p.424-428
Hauptverfasser:	Teixeira, Alexandre, Sluijter, Menno E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Activities of Daily Living Adult Aged Analgesia - instrumentation Analgesia - methods Analgesia - trends Back Pain - etiology Back Pain - physiopathology Back Pain - therapy Catheter Ablation - instrumentation Catheter Ablation - methods Catheter Ablation - trends Discogenic Pain Electrodes - standards Female Humans Intervertebral Disc - innervation Intervertebral Disc - physiopathology Intervertebral Disc Displacement - complications Intervertebral Disc Displacement - physiopathology Intervertebral Disc Displacement - therapy Intradiscal Procedures Male Middle Aged Nociceptors - physiopathology Nociceptors - radiation effects Pain Measurement - radiation effects Pilot Projects Pulsed Radiofrequency Spinal Nerves - physiopathology Spinal Nerves - radiation effects Spinal Nerves - surgery Treatment Outcome
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