Summary statement: emerging techniques for treatment of degenerative lumbar disc disease. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Emerging techniques for management of degenerative disc disease include modern fusion interbody cage devices, intradiscal electrothermal therapy, and disc prostheses among others. The management of discogenic low back pain is controversial: its accurate diagnosis is difficult, and treatment is inconsistent. Before wide application, the advantages and disadvantages of each procedure must be considered in lieu of inadequate study design and the lack of sufficient long-term outcome studies.

publication date

  • August 1, 2003

Research

keywords

  • Electrocoagulation
  • Prostheses and Implants
  • Spinal Diseases
  • Spinal Fusion

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0043069482

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/01.BRS.0000076894.33269.19

PubMed ID

  • 12897470

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 28

issue

  • 15 Suppl