Diagnosis and treatment of discogenic pain / 中国矫形外科杂志

ABSTRACT

The discogenic back pain has been paid more and more attention to.It is lumbar intervertebral disc degenerative disease without performance of pressure to nerve tissue(that is,except for lumbar disc herniation,lumbar spinal stenosis,etc.).The pathogenesis and diagnostic method was investigated in a large number of studies.A number of attempts have also been carried out in the treatment.Minimally invasive treatment,integration and non-fusion surgery have achieved good efficacy.This article summarizes the diagnosis and new progress in treatment of this disease,at the same time looks to the future development.