Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET) for Treatment of Chronic Lumbar Discogenic Pain: A Minimum 2-Year Clinical Outcome Study

Nerve ingrowth into diseased intervertebral disc in chronic back pain

1997 • 943 citations

An Overview of the Incidences and Costs of Low Back Pain

1991 • 916 citations

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

1995 • 761 citations

Innervation of "Painful" Lumbar Discs

1997 • 502 citations

The Cochrane Review of Surgery for Lumbar Disc Prolapse and Degenerative Lumbar Spondylosis

1999 • 411 citations

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

1987 • 334 citations

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

1999 • 269 citations

Management of Chronic Discogenic Low Back Pain With a Thermal Intradiscal Catheter

2000 • 249 citations

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

2000 • 223 citations

The Intensity of Work Recovery in Low Back Pain

1983 • 209 citations

Intradiscal Electrothermal Treatment for Chronic Discogenic Low Back Pain

2002 • 164 citations

Intradiscal Electrothermal Annuloplasty (IDET): A Novel Approach for Treating Chronic Discogenic Back Pain

2000 • 108 citations

Temperature distributions from interstitial RF electrode hyperthermia systems: Theoretical predictions

1983 • 101 citations

Immunohistochemical Demonstration of Sensory Nerve Fibers and Endings in Lumbar Intervertebral Discs of the Rat

1991 • 89 citations

Stability of the lumbar spine after intradiscal electrothermal therapy

2001 • 78 citations

The use of radiofrequency lesions for pain relief in failed back patients

1988 • 68 citations

Theoretical Aspects of Radiofrequency Lesions in the Dorsal Root Entry Zone

1984 • 16 citations

Thermal Modification of Collagen

1999 • 5 citations

Intradiscal Electrothermal Annuloplasty

2013 • 3 citations