Enhancing Annular Fissures and High-Intensity Zones: Pain, Internal Derangement, and Anesthetic Response at Provocation Lumbar Discography.

Walter S Bartynski V Agarwal H Trang Andriy I Bandos W E Rothfus J Tsay W T Delfyett B Nastasi

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2022)

Consideration of enhancing annular fissures on preprocedural MR imaging substantially improves the prediction of severe/concordant pain in provocation lumbar discography.

Keyphrases

high intensity
chronic pain
minimally invasive
pain management
neuropathic pain
resistance training
early onset
magnetic resonance imaging
spinal cord injury
contrast enhanced
postoperative pain
magnetic resonance