RESULTS The results of this review confirm and help quantify the significant differences that existed in the terminology and all the areas of diagnosis and treatment of presumed discogenic pain .
Our findings show that suspected discogenic pain , despite its extensive affirmation in the literature and enormous re sources regularly devoted to it , currently lacks clear diagnostic criteria and uniform treatment or terminology
BACKGROUND CONTEXT Pain innate to intervertebral disc , often referred to as discogenic pain , is suspected by some authors to be the major source of chronic low back and neck pain .
Current management of suspected discogenic pain lacks st and ardized diagnosis , treatment , and terminology .
PURPOSE In an attempt to determine whether patterns existed that may facilitate st and ardization of care , we sought to analyze the terminologies used and the various modes of diagnosis and treatment of suspected discogenic pain .
Pain and function after intradiscal electrothermal treatment (IDET) for symptomatic lumbar disc degeneration
Abstract . The goal of this study was to evaluate the short-term effects of intradiscal electrothermal treatment ( IDET ) for chronic discogenic low back pain . Twenty consecutive patients with symptomatic degenerative discs were treated with IDET and evaluated preoperatively , and 3 and 6 months postoperatively . Pain was measured with a 100-mm visual analog scale ( VAS ) and function was evaluated with the Oswestry score and SF-36 question naire . The VAS scores improved by 14 mm on average ( P=0.046 ) , but the individual scores show great variation . The Oswestry scores did not improve significantly . The SF-36 showed improvement , but only for the subscales vitality ( P=0.023 ) and bodily pain ( P=0.047 ) . Based on these results , we conclude that IDET is not effective in reducing pain and improving functional performance in a sample of 20 patients treated for chronic discogenic low back pain after 6 months follow-up
RESULTS The results of this review confirm and help quantify the significant differences that existed in the terminology and all the areas of diagnosis and treatment of presumed discogenic pain .
Our findings show that suspected discogenic pain , despite its extensive affirmation in the literature and enormous re sources regularly devoted to it , currently lacks clear diagnostic criteria and uniform treatment or terminology
BACKGROUND CONTEXT Pain innate to intervertebral disc , often referred to as discogenic pain , is suspected by some authors to be the major source of chronic low back and neck pain .
Current management of suspected discogenic pain lacks st and ardized diagnosis , treatment , and terminology .
PURPOSE In an attempt to determine whether patterns existed that may facilitate st and ardization of care , we sought to analyze the terminologies used and the various modes of diagnosis and treatment of suspected discogenic pain .