title: Intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET).
abstract: The indications of discography include situations in which there is inconsistency between the imaging and physical findings. Discography may also be performed prior to planned disc therapy such as percutaneous diskectomy or IDET. The diagnostic goal of the diskcogram is to reproduce the patient's original pain pattern by injection of the disc. If it is determined that the origin of the patient's back pain is diskcogenic, disc therapy can be provided by either surgical or non-surgical means. The non-surgical disc therapy includes steroid injections, IDET, or even percutaneous diskectomy.
authors.affiliation: D.O. Neuroradiology Section, University of California, San Diego, USA.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography