Randomized Controlled Trial of Percutaneous Intradiscal Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation for Chronic Discogenic Back Pain

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Authors

Gerard A.M. Barendse

S.G.M. van den Berg

Alfons H.F. Kessels

Maarten van Kleef

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Abstract

Percutaneous intradiscal radiofrequency thermocoagulation (90 seconds, 70 C) is not effective in reducing chronic discogenic low back pain.

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Citaciones: 170

Keywords

Medicine, Pulsed radiofrequency, Low back pain, Radiofrequency thermocoagulation, Randomized controlled trial, Oswestry Disability Index, Visual analogue scale, Percutaneous, Clinical trial, Back pain

DOI

10.1097/00007632-200102010-00014

URI

https://doi.org/10.1097/00007632-200102010-00014
https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/44068

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