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IntraDiscal Electro Thermal Therapy (IDET)

(Nonsurgical Digital Spinal Treatment Center)

Indications

  • Patients with lumbar disc herniation not ruptured disc
  • Patient with degenerative disc which causes chronic back pain

Procedure

  • Local anesthesia administered
  • Check the herniated disc using the MRI scan.
  • Check the disc which causes pain through discography.
  • Insert a thin needle up to the disc through a hole in the skin about 10-14cm off from the middle of the lower back.
  • Position a special needle in the disc to pass a current of electricity through the needle.
  • Heat up and coagulate the area around the herniated disc.

Advantages

  • Local anesthesia
  • A patient can go home on the day of surgery.
  • No scar
  • No effect on future surgery