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Chapter-33 Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET)

BOOK TITLE: Interventional Pain Management: A Practical Approach

Author
1. Sharma A
ISBN
9788184483192
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10398_33
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2008
Pages
11
Author Affiliations
1. Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ USA, Bedford Hospital (South Wing), Bedfordshire, UK, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-400 085, Maharashtra, India, Bhupal Noble’s College of Pharmacy, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
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Abstract

In general, intradiscal electrothermal therapy is a minimal invasive technique that shows significant promise for treatment of low-back pain coming from internal disc disruption or discogenic etiology, after receiving failed conservative treatments. It is a procedure which carries minimal risk if performed appropriately and suggests that half of the patients will notice significant improvement of back pain. The results are not as encouraging as they were with the initial studies, but this procedure is suggested to be performed on carefully selected patients who have primarily back pain and have undergone testing including discography and have not lost more than 80% of the disc height.

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