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Clinical Trial
Pain and function after intradiscal electrothermal treatment (IDET) for symptomatic lumbar disc degeneration.
- M Spruit and W C H Jacobs.
- Orthopedic Research Unit, Sint Maartenskliniek Research, Sint Maartenskliniek PO Box 9011, 6500 GM Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- Eur Spine J. 2002 Dec 1;11(6):589-93.
AbstractThe goal of this study was to evaluate the short-term effects of intradiscal electrothermal treatment (IDET) for chronic discogenic low back pain. Twenty consecutive patients with symptomatic degenerative discs were treated with IDET and evaluated preoperatively, and 3 and 6 months postoperatively. Pain was measured with a 100-mm visual analog scale (VAS) and function was evaluated with the Oswestry score and SF-36 questionnaire. The VAS scores improved by 14 mm on average (P=0.046), but the individual scores show great variation. The Oswestry scores did not improve significantly. The SF-36 showed improvement, but only for the subscales vitality (P=0.023) and bodily pain (P=0.047). Based on these results, we conclude that IDET is not effective in reducing pain and improving functional performance in a sample of 20 patients treated for chronic discogenic low back pain after 6 months follow-up.
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