Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Oct 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialProvocative discography screening improves surgical outcome.
The objective of this study was to compare the surgical outcomes of patients operated on, with or without discography prior to operation. ⋯ DDD treated surgically without discography did not reach the clinically significant improvement of 15 ODI points for the patients treated with fusion. Provocative discography screening with psychological testing in the trial group made improvement following fusion clinically significant.