A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Transdiscal Radiofrequency, Biacuplasty for Treatment of Discogenic Lower Back Pain

Abstract

The results suggest that the clinical benefits observed in this study are the result of non-placebo treatment effects afforded by IDB. IDB should be recommended to select the patients with chronic discogenic low back pain. (Clinicaltrials.gov number, NCT00750191.).