title: Diagnosis and surgical treatment of back pain originating from endplate.
abstract: Twenty-one patients with back pain originating from the endplate injuries were selected to explore the methods of diagnosis and surgical treatment. All patients underwent examinations using radiography, CT, and MR imaging. Pain level of disc was determined through discography in each patient. The principal outcome judgments were pain and disability, and the efficacy of surgical treatment was assessed through the use of the visual analog scale (VAS) for pain and the Oswestry disability index (ODI) for functional recovery. All 21 patients with a diagnosis of back pain originating from endplate injuries according to discography were treated with anterior or posterior fusion surgery. The mean follow-up period was 3 years and 5 months (range, 2-6 years). Of the 21 patients, 20 (20/21) reported a disappearance or marked alleviation of low back pain and experienced a definite improvement in physical function. Statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in the VAS and ODI scores were obtained after treatment in the patients with chronic low back pain originating from the endplate injuries (P = 0.0001). The study suggests that discography and fusion surgery may be very effective methods for the diagnosis and treatment, respectively, of chronic back pain originating from the endplate injuries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Spinal Surgery, Institute of Spinal Surgery, General Hospital of Armed Police Force, 100039, Beijing, People's Republic of China. pengbaogan@163.com
authors.forename: Baogan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Jindong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zengda
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kuang
authors.forename: Duanming
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Xinyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001175:Arthrography / Q000379:methods; D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011871:Radiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult