A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of intradiscal electrothermal therapy for the treatment of discogenic low back pain

• Published in: The spine journal Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 27 - 35
• Main Authors: Pauza, Kevin J, Howell, Susan, Dreyfuss, Paul, Peloza, John H, Dawson, Kathryn, Bogduk, Nikolai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2004
• Subjects: Adult; Awards and Prizes; Back pain; Controlled trial; Disc treatment; Discogenic pain; Electric Stimulation Therapy; Female; Humans; Hyperthermia, Induced; IDET; Intervertebral Disc Displacement - complications; Intervertebral Disc Displacement - physiopathology; Intervertebral Disc Displacement - therapy; Intradiscal electrothermal therapy; Low Back Pain - etiology; Low Back Pain - physiopathology; Low Back Pain - therapy; Male; Orthopedics; Placebo; Prospective Studies; Treatment Outcome; United States; United States; Disc treatment; Controlled trial; Back pain; Intradiscal electrothermal therapy; Placebo; IDET; Discogenic pain

Intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET) is a treatment for discogenic low back pain the efficacy of which has not been rigorously tested. To compare the efficacy of IDET with that of a placebo treatment. Randomized, placebo-controlled, prospective trial. Patients were recruited by referral and the...