intradiscal electrothermal therapy
- intradiscal electrothermal therapy
- (IDET) a minimally invasive procedure for treatment of discogenic low back pain: heat is administered to the disc wall, contracting and thickening its collagen fibers and destroying afferent nociceptors.
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