M.D. Discusses IDET Dr. Kevin Pauza, one of the ETMC Neurological Institute doctors who perform the IDET procedure, has seen many benefits in IDET for his patients. IDET takes less time to perform, and the recovery is quicker than surgical methods. The patient comes in, the procedure takes approximately half an hour, and the patient is discharged from the hospital half an hour later.
Patients are able to go back to work within one to two days.
Prior to that, it would mean a several-days' stay in the hospital, several days, possibly, in the intensive care unit and then off work for at least six to twelve months. People with long-term back problems find relief. These are people who have had pain sometimes greater than five or ten years, and the pain relief typically begins within two to three weeks after the procedure, but very often patients do feel relief the next day. We've had many patients who have called and said I haven't used a pain medicine since the procedure. We don't expect that, but we see that very often.