Discography for low back pain
HAYES, Inc.
Record ID 32004000393
English
Authors' objectives:
Lumbar discography is performed in patients with chronic low back pain that is unresponsive to conservative approaches and for which other imaging techniques have provided insufficient diagnostic information and surgical intervention is being considered. It involves fluoroscopically guided injection of a contrast agent into the nucleus of one or more lumbar discs individually to provoke a pain response that reproduces the patient's usual pain and to reveal disc abnormalities via the pattern of contrast dye viewed with computed tomography (CT). The purpose of discography is to determine whether any disc tested is the source of the patients usual pain and whether the patient may benefit from surgical intervention.
Authors' methods:
Review
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.hayesinc.com/
Year Published:
2000
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
United States
MeSH Terms
- Contrast Media
- Low Back Pain
Contact
Organisation Name:
HAYES, Inc.
Contact Address:
157 S. Broad Street, Suite 200, Lansdale, PA 19446, USA. Tel: 215 855 0615; Fax: 215 855 5218
Contact Name:
saleinfo@hayesinc.com
Contact Email:
saleinfo@hayesinc.com
Copyright:
HAYES, Inc.
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