title: Changes on MRI in lumbar disc protrusions in two patients after intradiscal electrothermal therapy.
abstract: We examined changes to the protruded lumbar disc after intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in two patients with chronic discogenic low back pain who underwent IDET. MRI was performed before and 6 months after the treatments. In the follow-up MRI studies, the protrusions were almost abolished and normalized in both patients. We thus confirmed shrinkage of the protruded disc by IDET on MRI images in two patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Tsukinowa, Seta 520-2192, Japan.
authors.forename: Sei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukui
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D007659:Ketones / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology*; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007659:Ketones