%0 Journal Article
%T Retrospective Outcome Evaluation of Cervical Nucleoplasty Using Digital Infrared Thermographic Imaging
%A Do Hyung Kim
%A Hwa Yong Shin
%A Hyun Kang
%A Sang Joon Shin
%A Seokhoon Kim
%A Young Soo Kim
%J Archive of "Neurospine".
%D 2019
%R 10.14245/ns.1836124.062
%X Percutaneous cervical nucleoplasty (PCN) is used to treat cervical disc herniation. Radiological imaging studies, including plain radiography, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), have been used to make early predictions of cervical spinal surgery outcomes. However, simple radiological studies do not provide sufficiently detailed information; moreover, CT and MRI are highly expensive. Herein, we aimed to elucidate the usefulness of digital infrared thermography imaging (DITI) as an outcome marker after cervical nucleoplasty by correlating the changes in thermal difference (ĶĪTD) with the changes in pain intensity after PCN expressed as visual analogue scale (ĶĪVAS) scores
%K Ablation technique
%K Cervical vertebrae
%K Neck pain
%K Intervertebral disc
%K Thermography
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6603842/