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IDETTM
IntraDiscal ElectroThermal Therapy
An
electrothermal treatment catheter is used
to apply a controlled level of heat to the affected disc.
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Lower back pain is one of the most
common ailments affecting people at some point in
their lives. For
most people,
the pain resolves quickly, perhaps aided by the rest,
therapeutic exercise, or meditation. But for many the
pain is a result of a disc degeneration process that
is prolonged, severe, and for which conventional treatment
does not provide the needed relief. It is for these chronic
lower back sufferers that the SpineCATH™ Intradiscal
ElectroThermal (IDET™) therapy was developed.
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What is Spine
CATHTM IDETTM
With
age or due to injury, cracks or fissures may
develop in the wall of the intervertebral disc.
Filled with small nerve endings and blood vessels,
these fissures are a chronic source of pain
in many patients. Additionally, the inner disc
tissue (nucleus) will frequently bulge (herniate)
into these fissures in the out region of the
disc. Likewise stimulating pain sensors within
the disc.
Spine
CATH IDET Therapy is a minimally invasive treatment
in which the physician applies controlled levels
of thermal energy (heat) to a broad section of
the affected disc wall. This heat contracts and
thickens the collagen of the disc wall. Therapy
may result in contraction or closure of the disc
wall fissures and a reduction in the bulge of
the inner disc materials.
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Who
benefits
from the Spine CATHTM IDETTM
SpineCATH
IDET therapy acts exclusively upon the tissues
of the disc itself, and should not be expected
to relieve symptoms arising from other spinal
structures such as roots or spinal joints.
It
is therefore very important for your physician
to diagnose that the disc is the primary
source of your back pain. In addition to
a clinical examination, your physician may
use Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) or injections
of dye into the disc (discography) to confirm
the diagnosis.
Once
satisfied that one or more discs are the
primary source of your lower back pain, your
physician may recommend the procedure.
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