Thermal annuloplasty using percutaneous endoscopic discectomy for elite athletes with discogenic low back pain

H Manabe, K Yamashita, F Tezuka… - Neurologia medico …, 2019 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The purpose of this study was to assess the usefulness of radiofrequency thermal
annuloplasty (TA) using percutaneous endoscopic discectomy/TA (PED/TA) in elite athletes …

Histological and molecular structure characterization of annular collagen after intradiskal electrothermal annuloplasty

D Southern, G Lutz, A Bracilovic, P West… - HSS Journal …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
The mechanism of pain relief of intradiskal electrothermal annuloplasty (IDET) in the
treatment of lumbar diskogenic pain is uncertain. Theories include sealing of annular …

Intradiscal electrothermal annuloplasty (IDET): a novel approach for treating chronic discogenic back pain

R Derby, B Eek, Y Chen, C O'neill, D Ryan - … : Technology at the Neural …, 2000 - Elsevier
Objective This one-year pilot outcome study was designed to investigate prospectively a
series of patients with chronic discogenic back pain who underwent intradiscal …

Discoscopic findings of high signal intensity zones on magnetic resonance imaging of lumbar intervertebral discs

K Sugiura, I Tonogai, T Matsuura… - Case reports in …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A 32‐year‐old man underwent radiofrequency thermal annuloplasty (TA) with percutaneous
endoscopic discectomy (PED) under local anesthesia for chronic low back pain. His …

[PDF][PDF] Fluoroscopic axial imaging in percutaneous lumbosacral procedures: An underutilized technique

MB Furman, RS Reeves, TS Lee… - Pain …, 2006 - painphysicianjournal.com
Background: The L4-5 and L5-S1 intervertebral disc spaces are the most frequent sites of
discal spinal pathology, hence, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions are commonly …

Intradiscal thermal annuloplasty versus intradiscal radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of discogenic pain: a prospective matched control trial

L Kapural, S Hayek, O Malak, S Arrigain… - Pain …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Objective. Two minimally invasive techniques have been used more recently as a possible
treatment for painful internal disk disruption (IDD). Intradiscal thermal annuloplasty (IDTA) …

Intradiscal thermal annuloplasty for the treatment of lumbar discogenic pain in patients with multilevel degenerative disc disease

L Kapural, N Mekhail, Z Korunda… - Anesthesia & analgesia, 2004 - journals.lww.com
IMPLICATIONS: We found significant improvement in pain scores and functional capacity in
both multilevel and one or two level degenerative disk disease (DDD) patients after …

Percutaneous endoscopic laser annuloplasty for discogenic low back pain

SH Lee, HS Kang - World neurosurgery, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Laser-assisted spinal endoscopy (LASE) kit has been used for
percutaneous intradiscal decompression to evaporate and shrink the posterior and central …

[引用][C] Histological and temperature distribution studies of the novel transdiscal heating system in degenerated and non-degenerated human cadaver lumbar discs

L Kapural, N Mekhail, M Kapural, D Hicks - Anesthesiology, 2006

[引用][C] A prospective outcome study of the intradiscal electrothermal annuloplasty (IDET) for treatment of discogenic pain

L Kapural, N Mekhail - Anesthesiology, 2001