discogenic pain
Conditions
Interventions
BRF:bipolar radiofrequency
Sponsors
Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients presented with LBP with or without pseudo-radicular referral for at least 6 months. Additionally, all patients exhibited the following criteria: 1. a lack of satisfactory improvement after adequate conservative therapy; 2. concordant pain upon provocative discography in the affected disc, but not in the control discs; 3. LBP exacerbated by sitting; 4. disc height>50% of the control disc; 5. high-intensity zones (HIZs) in the affected disc detected by MRI scans; 6. single-level disc disease without evidence of additional degenerative changes in other discs; 7. the absence of neural compression lesions; and 8. normal neurological examination findings.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: patients with compressive radiculopathy, an extruded or sequestered disc, calcification of the extruded disc, bony spinal canal stenosis, more than 2 symptomatic levels, previous surgery at the symptomatic level, severe scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, spinal tumor, fracture, infection, segmental instability, coagulation dysfunction, serious cardiopulmonary dysfunction, drug abuse, psychological issues by exam or history,beck depression inventory (BDI) > 20 or pregnancy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| VAS;Oswestry disability index (ODI) score; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain relief;reduction of analgesic dose;patient satisfaction; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYanping Li
Outcome results
None listed