Prospective Outcomes Study of Patients Undergoing Intradiscal Electrothermy (IDET) for Chronic Low Back Pain

Autor:	Shari L Willis, Paula M. McGrath, William C. Welch, Peter C. Gerszten
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Fusion procedure Low back pain Chronic low back pain Conservative treatment Clinical trial Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Bodily pain Electrotherapy medicine Physical therapy DISCOGENIC DISEASE medicine.symptom business
Zdroj:	October 2002. :360-364
ISSN:	2150-1149 1533-3159
Popis:	This prospective, non-randomized clinical trial was designed to determine the clinical outcome of patients who underwent Intradiscal Electrotherapy (IDET) for the treatment of chronic discogenic low back pain. Twenty-seven consecutive patients undergoing IDET were prospectively evaluated. All patients, as determined by provocative discography and/or MRI, had discogenic disease with chronic low back pain and were non-responsive to conservative treatment for at least 6 months. The mean pre-operative duration of symptoms was 38 months. The American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Joint Section Lumbar Disc Herniation Study Questionnaire, which includes the Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire and the Short Form (SF) -36 Health Status Questionnaire, was used. The follow-up endpoint for all patients was one year. Seventy-five percent of patients improved based upon the Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire while only 48% of patients were found to improve on the SF-36 Survey. The SF-36 Bodily Pain Subscale did improve relative to other subscales in 52% of patients. There was no relationship found between outcome and duration of symptoms (p= .32), number of levels treated (p= .20), or worker's compensation (p= .38). There were no complications that resulted from the IDET treatment. IDET was found to be effective in 75% of patients in improving their chronic low back pain. This did not translate into a significant improvement in the SF-36 survey scores. The risks are negligible, and recovery time is minimal. The procedure may be useful in selected patients who would otherwise undergo an interbody fusion procedure.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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