Successful treatment of lumbar discogenic pain using intradiscal biacuplasty in previously discectomized disc

Pain Pract. 2009 Mar-Apr;9(2):130-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2009.00261.x. Epub 2009 Feb 5.

Abstract

Discogenic back pain is frequently present in patients after discectomy. Here, we describe a case of young woman, previously discectomized, who was treated by a novel annuloplasty procedure, intradiscal biacuplasty (IDB). The improvement in functional capacity and pain scores were profound 12 months after the IDB. Visual analog pain scores (0-10) changed from 5 to 3. Oswestry scale showed functional improvement from 52%, or severe disability, to 14%, or minimal disability, and the SF-36 physical function scale score changed from 55 to 95. IDB may be an effective treatment for patients with discogenic pain from previously discectomized discs.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Disability Evaluation
  • Diskectomy / methods
  • Electric Stimulation Therapy / methods*
  • Electrodes, Implanted*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / therapy*
  • Low Back Pain / therapy*
  • Lumbar Vertebrae*
  • Pain Measurement
  • Young Adult