Lumbar discography: A comprehensive review of outcome studies, diagnostic accuracy, and principles

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Lumbar Spine in People without Back Pain

1994 • 2,325 citations

Classification of Age-Related Changes in Lumbar Intervertebral Discs

2002 • 1,061 citations

Nerve ingrowth into diseased intervertebral disc in chronic back pain

1997 • 943 citations

Imaging of degenerative disk disease.

1988 • 912 citations

The Prevalence and Clinical Features of Internal Disc Disruption in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

1995 • 761 citations

High-intensity zone: a diagnostic sign of painful lumbar disc on magnetic resonance imaging

1992 • 645 citations

'Stress' distributions inside intervertebral discs

1996 • 619 citations

Intervertebral discs which cause low back pain secrete high levels of proinflammatory mediators

2002 • 603 citations

High Levels of Inflammatory Phospholipase A2 Activity in Lumbar Disc Herniations

1990 • 580 citations

Clinical Anatomy of the Lumbar Spine and Sacrum

1997 • 553 citations

Herniated Cervical Intervertebral Discs Spontaneously Produce Matrix Metalloproteinases, Nitric Oxide, Interleukin-6, and Prostaglandin E2

1995 • 544 citations

Nutrition of the Intervertebral Disc: Solute Transport and Metabolism

1981 • 511 citations

Innervation of "Painful" Lumbar Discs

1997 • 502 citations

Spinal-Fusion Surgery—The Case for Restraint

2004 • 469 citations

The Anatomical Basis for Low Back Pain: Studies on the presence of sensory nerve endings in ligamentous, capsular and intervertebral disc structures in the human lumbar spine

1963 • 412 citations

Lumbar discography in normal subjects. A controlled, prospective study.

1990 • 392 citations

Complications of Artificial Disc Replacement

2003 • 370 citations

The Rates of False-Positive Lumbar Discography in Select Patients Without Low Back Symptoms

2000 • 339 citations

Dallas Discogram Description A New Classification of CT/Discography in Low-back Disorders

1987 • 334 citations

Nerves and nerve plexuses of the human vertebral column

1990 • 327 citations

Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Disc Degeneration

1987 • 326 citations

Exogenous Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Mimics Nucleus Pulposus-Induced Neuropathology

2000 • 319 citations

The Question of Lumbar Discography

1968 • 311 citations

Interaction Between the Porcine Lumbar Intervertebral Disc, Zygapophysial Joints, and Paraspinal Muscles

1997 • 308 citations

Lumbar Disc High-intensity Zone

1996 • 305 citations

Arthroplasty with intercorporal endoprothesis in herniated disc and in painful disc.

1966 • 296 citations

Diagnostic Puncture of Intervertebral Disks in Sciatica

1948 • 284 citations

‘STRESS’ DISTRIBUTIONS INSIDE INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS

1996 • 277 citations

The Lumbar Spine and Back Pain.

1976 • 272 citations

The Ability of Pressure-Controlled Discography to Predict Surgical and Nonsurgical Outcomes

1999 • 269 citations

Indications for full prosthetic disc arthroplasty: a correlation of clinical outcome against a variety of indications

2002 • 267 citations

Artificial disc replacement with the modular type SB Charité III: 2-year results in 50 prospectively studied patients

1999 • 259 citations

Surgery for degenerative lumbar spondylosis

2005 • 256 citations

The stages of disc degeneration as revealed by discograms

1986 • 248 citations

Provocation discography as a guide to planning operations on the spine

1988 • 237 citations

Selective Inhibition of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Prevents Nucleus Pulposus-Induced Thrombus Formation, Intraneural Edema, and Reduction of Nerve Conduction Velocity

2001 • 237 citations

False-Positive Findings on Lumbar Discography

1999 • 234 citations

The Effect of Lactate and pH on Proteoglycan and Protein Synthesis Rates in the Intervertebral Disc

1992 • 229 citations

Nerve Endings in the Human Lumbar Spinal Column and Related Structures

1966 • 226 citations

Twelve-Month Follow-Up of a Controlled Trial of Intradiscal Thermal Anuloplasty for Back Pain Due to Internal Disc Disruption

2000 • 223 citations

Discitis after discography

1987 • 214 citations

Human Disc Phospholipase A2 is Inflammatory

1992 • 212 citations

The Inflammatory Properties of Contained and Noncontained Lumbar Disc Herniation

1997 • 210 citations

Discitis after discography. The role of prophylactic antibiotics

1990 • 205 citations

The anatomical basis for low back pain

1963 • 191 citations

Neuropeptides in the human intervertebral disc

1994 • 188 citations

Extreme-lateral lumbar disc herniations

1974 • 185 citations

Lumbar discography. Position statement from the North American Spine Society Diagnostic and Therapeutic Committee.

1995 • 180 citations

Lumbar Disc Replacement

2003 • 180 citations

Artificial Disc Replacement

1993 • 177 citations

Magnetic resonance imaging and discography in the diagnosis of disc degeneration. A comparative study of 50 discs

1986 • 175 citations

Provocative Discography in Patients After Limited Lumbar Discectomy

2000 • 169 citations

Back Pain in Relation to the Nerve Supply of the Intervertebral Disc

1949 • 164 citations

Management of postprocedural discitis

2002 • 156 citations

Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Monoclonal Antibody, Infliximab, Used to Manage Severe Sciatica

2003 • 155 citations

THE ONTOGENETIC DEVELOPMENT OF NERVE TERMINATIONS IN THE INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS OF MAN (Histology of Intervertebral Discs, 11th Communication)

1959 • 154 citations

The afferent pathways of discogenic low-back pain. Evaluation of L2 spinal nerve infiltration.

1996 • 151 citations

Differentiating Lumbar Disc Protrusions, Disc Bulges, and Discs With Normal Contour but Abnormal Signal Intensity

1999 • 148 citations

Minimally invasive total disc replacement: surgical technique and preliminary clinical results

2002 • 147 citations

Lumbar Spine Arthroplasty

2003 • 146 citations

Which Disc as Visualized by Magnetic Resonance Imaging Is Actually a Source of Pain?

1992 • 143 citations

Discitis after Discography

1988 • 143 citations

Normal Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Abnormal Discography

1988 • 135 citations

The Neuroradiographic Diagnosis of Lumbar Herniated Nucleus Pulposus: II

1989 • 135 citations

The Role of External Spinal Skeletal Fixation in the Assessment of Low-Back Disorders

1989 • 131 citations

SB Charité Disc Replacement

2003 • 129 citations

Can Discography Cause Long-term Back Symptoms in Previously Asymptomatic Subjects?

2000 • 128 citations

Neuroimmunohistochemical Analysis of Peridiscal Nociceptive Neural Elements

1990 • 122 citations

Height of lumbar discs measured from radiographs compared with degeneration and height classified from MR images

2001 • 122 citations

MRI and discography of annular tears and intervertebral disc degeneration. A prospective clinical comparison

1992 • 122 citations

Artificial disc: preliminary results of a prospective study in the United States

2002 • 121 citations

Predictors of Bad and Good Outcome of Lumbar Spine Surgery

1996 • 119 citations

Lumbar Discography Followed by Computed Tomography

1990 • 117 citations

The Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Pain Syndromes Diagnosed by Discography

1994 • 117 citations

The Outcome of Posterolateral Fusion in Highly Selected Patients With Discogenic Low Back Pain

1996 • 114 citations

Association Between Findings of Provocative Discography and Vertebral Endplate Signal Changes As Seen on MRI

2000 • 109 citations

Direct observation of pain behavior in low back pain patients during physical examination

1984 • 108 citations

Microtrauma in the Lumbar Spine: A Cause of Low Back Pain

1988 • 104 citations

Surgical Treatment of Internal Disc Disruption

1998 • 102 citations

Risk Factors for Failure and Complications of Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy: A Pilot Study

2003 • 101 citations

Abnormal stress concentrations in lumbar intervertebral discs following damage to the vertebral bodies: a cause of disc failure?

1993 • 100 citations

Relation between Pain Location and Disc Pathology: A Study of Pain Drawings and CT/Discography

1999 • 100 citations

The Neuroradiographic Diagnosis of Lumbar Herniated Nucleus Pulposus: I

1989 • 98 citations

Prospective Controlled Study of the Development of Lower Back Pain in Previously Asymptomatic Subjects Undergoing Experimental Discography

2004 • 95 citations

Cervical discogenic syndrome. Results of operative intervention in patients with positive discography.

1987 • 94 citations

Efficacy of etanercept delivered by perispinal administration for chronic back and/or neck disc-related pain: a study of clinical observations in 143 patients

2004 • 92 citations

Complications of Cervical Discography

1995 • 92 citations

Lumbar Discography: Should We Use Prophylactic Antibiotics?

2004 • 92 citations

Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Discogram Concordant Pain

1993 • 91 citations

Functional Results After Anterior Lumbar Fusion at L5–S1 in Patients with Normal and Abnormal MRI Scans

1992 • 91 citations

Distribution and immunocytochemical characterization of dorsal root ganglion neurons innervating the lumbar intervertebral disc in rats: A review

2004 • 89 citations

Awake Discography

1991 • 88 citations

Partial Disc Replacement with the PDN Prosthetic Disc Nucleus Device

2003 • 87 citations

A New Approach to the Low-Back Physical Examination

1990 • 84 citations

Does Provocative Discography Screening of Discogenic Back Pain Improve Surgical Outcome?

2002 • 84 citations

Laser disc decompression. The importance of proper patient selection.

1994 • 83 citations

Lumbar Discography

1962 • 81 citations

Comparison of MR and diskography in detecting radial tears of the anulus: a postmortem study.

1989 • 79 citations

Image-guided Spine Intervention

2005 • 78 citations

Perispinal TNF-alpha inhibition for discogenic pain

2003 • 73 citations

The role of discography in lumbar disc disease: A comparative study of magnetic resonance imaging and discography

1990 • 73 citations

Nucleoplasty With or Without Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET) as a Treatment for Lumbar Herniated Disc

2005 • 71 citations

Discography Causes End Plate Deflection

1993 • 70 citations

Pain and function after intradiscal electrothermal treatment (IDET) for symptomatic lumbar disc degeneration

2002 • 68 citations

Prosthetic Disc Nucleus (PDN) Replacement for Lumbar Disc Herniation

2003 • 62 citations

Epidural Abscess After Lumbar Discography

1997 • 61 citations

Decision Making in Adult Scoliosis

1979 • 58 citations

Does Discography Injure Normal Discs?

1989 • 54 citations

Evaluation of Percutaneous Disc Decompression Using Coblation in Chronic Back Pain With or Without Leg Pain

2003 • 52 citations

Comparison of MRI and Discography in the Diagnosis of Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease

1992 • 49 citations

The Use of Intradiscal Antibiotics for Discography: an in vitro Study of Gentamicin, Cefazolin, and Clindamycin

2003 • 48 citations

Normal Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Abnormal Discography in Lumbar Disc Disruption

1994 • 47 citations

CT Discography: Prognostic Value in the Selection of Patients for Chemonucleolysis

1987 • 43 citations

Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Lumbar Discography in the Diagnosis of Disc Degeneration

1990 • 43 citations

False-negative lumbar discograms. Correlation of discographic and histological findings in postmortem and surgical specimens.

1988 • 42 citations

Bony vibration stimulation: A new, non-invasive method for examining intradiscal pain

1994 • 38 citations

Roentgenographic Changes in 188 Patients 10 - 20 Years after Discography and Chemonucleolysis

1986 • 37 citations

Prospective Study Evaluating Total Disc Replacement

2003 • 37 citations

Bony Vibration Stimulation Test Combined With Magnetic Resonance Imaging

1997 • 36 citations

Diagnosis of Symptomatic Disc by Magnetic Resonance Imaging: T2-Weighted and Gadolinium-DTPA-Enhanced T1-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging

2002 • 35 citations

Experimental investigations with iohexol and their clinical relevance.

1983 • 33 citations

Magnetic Resonance Discography in Cadavers: Tears of the Annulus Fibrosus

2003 • 32 citations

Treatment of Juxtafusional Degeneration with Artificial Disc Replacement (ADR)

2003 • 31 citations

Lumbar Discography Using Gadolinium in Patients With Iodine Contrast Allergy Followed by Postdiscography Computed Tomography Scan

2003 • 27 citations

Vibration Pain Provocation Can Improve the Specificity of MRI in the Diagnosis of Symptomatic Lumbar Disc Rupture

1998 • 25 citations

Does Needle Insertion Site Affect Diskography Results?

2002 • 23 citations

Contrast Medium Examination of the Intervertebral Discs of the Lower Lumbar Spine

1951 • 22 citations

The curved needle technique for accessing the L5/S1 disc space.

2000 • 20 citations

Komplikationen der zervikalen Diskographie

1975 • 19 citations

Premedication and short term complications in iohexol discography.

1991 • 18 citations

Discography

1960 • 18 citations

The Role of Discography in the Evaluation of Patients with Spinal Deformity

1994 • 16 citations

The acute lumbar disc herniation: Imaging diagnosis

1993 • 14 citations

Human group II phospholipase A2 in normal and diseased intervertebral discs

1996 • 14 citations

Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomographic discography in the assessment of lumbar disc degeneration

1994 • 14 citations

Invertebral disc changes after discography.

1957 • 11 citations

Purification of a Low-Molecular-Weight Phospholipase A2 Associated with Soluble High-Molecular-Weight Acidic Proteins from Rabbit Nucleus Pulposus and Its Comparison with a Rabbit Splenic Group IIa Phospholipase A2

2000 • 7 citations

Epidural Abscess after Lumbar Discography: A Case Report

2006 • 7 citations

[Inflammatory-inducing effect of lumbar disc tissue: an experimental study].

2001 • 5 citations

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1955 • 0 citations