Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) can identify painful lumbar discs and may facilitate improved clinical outcomes of lumbar surgeries for discogenic pain

Pain and disability after first-time spinal fusion for lumbar degenerative disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2018) Niek Koenders et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions

(2018) Nadine E Foster et al.   LANCET

What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention

(2018) Jan Hartvigsen et al.   LANCET

Low back pain: a call for action

(2018) Rachelle Buchbinder et al.   LANCET

Development and Validation of a Prediction Model for Pain and Functional Outcomes After Lumbar Spine Surgery

(2018) Sara Khor et al.   JAMA Surgery

CRISPR Epigenome Editing of AKAP150 in DRG Neurons Abolishes Degenerative IVD-Induced Neuronal Activation

(2017) Joshua D. Stover et al.   MOLECULAR THERAPY

Lumbar Fusion in Utah Workers’ Compensation Patients

(2017) Jessica G. Cuneo et al.   SPINE

Automated Pressure-Controlled Discography in Patients Undergoing Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Discogenic Back Pain

(2017) Chang Kyu Lee et al.   World Neurosurgery

Pathobiology of Modic changes

(2016) Stefan Dudli et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Does provocative discography cause clinically important injury to the lumbar intervertebral disc? A 10-year matched cohort study

(2016) Jason M. Cuellar et al.   Spine Journal

Differential Prescribing of Opioid Analgesics According to Physician Specialty for Medicaid Patients with Chronic Noncancer Pain Diagnoses

(2016) Chris Ringwalt et al.   Pain Research & Management

Contribution of acidic extracellular microenvironment of cancer-colonized bone to bone pain

(2015) Toshiyuki Yoneda et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Cervical disc arthroplasty with PRESTIGE LP disc versus anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a prospective, multicenter investigational device exemption study

(2015) Matthew F. Gornet et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE

Lumbar Total Disc Replacement for Discogenic Low Back Pain

(2015) Rolando Garcia et al.   SPINE

Clinical Depression Is a Strong Predictor of Poor Lumbar Fusion Outcomes Among Workersʼ Compensation Subjects

(2015) Joshua T. Anderson et al.   SPINE

Advances in the diagnosis of degenerated lumbar discs and their possible clinical application

(2013) Marco Brayda-Bruno et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Comparison of artificial total disc replacement versus fusion for lumbar degenerative disc disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

(2013) Jiangbo Wei et al.   INTERNATIONAL ORTHOPAEDICS

Pressure Increase in Adjacent Discs During Clinical Discography Questions the Methods Validity

(2013) Hanna Hebelka et al.   SPINE

Twenty-year perspective of randomized controlled trials for surgery of chronic nonspecific low back pain: citation bias and tangential knowledge

(2013) Nicholas S. Andrade et al.   Spine Journal

Discography: The Data, the Myth, and Reality

(2013) Fernando Techy et al.   World Neurosurgery

Operative and Nonoperative Treatment Approaches for Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease Have Similar Long-Term Clinical Outcomes Among Patients with Positive Discography

(2013) Justin S. Smith et al.   World Neurosurgery

Deleterious effects of discography radiocontrast solution on human annulus cell in vitro: changes in cell viability, proliferation, and apoptosis in exposed cells

(2012) Helen E. Gruber et al.   Spine Journal

Non-specific low back pain

(2011) Federico Balagué et al.   LANCET

In Vivo Intervertebral Disc Characterization Using Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and T1ρ Imaging

(2011) Jin Zuo et al.   SPINE

Assessment of intervertebral disc degeneration with magnetic resonance single-voxel spectroscopy

(2009) Jin Zuo et al.   MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE

Lactic Acid and Proteoglycans as Metabolic Markers for Discogenic Back Pain

(2009) Kayvan R. Keshari et al.   SPINE

Minimum clinically important difference in lumbar spine surgery patients: a choice of methods using the Oswestry Disability Index, Medical Outcomes Study questionnaire Short Form 36, and Pain Scales

(2008) Anne G. Copay et al.   Spine Journal

Fusion and nonsurgical treatment for symptomatic lumbar degenerative disease: a systematic review of Oswestry Disability Index and MOS Short Form-36 outcomes

(2007) Leah Y. Carreon et al.   Spine Journal