The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Intradiscal injection therapy for degenerative chronic discogenic low back pain with end plate Modic changes.
The effect of intradiscal steroid therapy for patients with degenerative chronic discogenic low back pain remains an issue of debate. ⋯ Intradiscal injection of corticosteroids could be a short-term efficient alternative for discogenic low back pain patients with end plate Modic changes on MRI who were still unwilling to accept surgical operation when conservative treatment failed.