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A Study on the Intervertebral Disc Temperature Distribution During Electrothermal Therapy  

진의덕 (건국대학교 의과대학 의학공학부)
탁계래 (건국대학교 의과대학 의학공학부)
구자중 (건국대학교 의과대학 의학공학부)
김한성 (연세대학교 보건과학대학 의공학부)
이성재 (인제대학교 의생명공학대학 의용공학과)
이정한 (건국대학교 의과대학 의학공학부)
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Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research / v.24, no.1, 2003 , pp. 23-29 More about this Journal
Abstract
The prevalence of discogenic pain among patients with chronic low back pain is estimated to be about 40%. Lumbar discectomy is being performed as a treatment according to the studies done so far. Recently IDET- Intradiscal electrothermal therapy which is minimally invasive technique is being introduced. This study will investigate important factors of this procedure such as the temperature of heat source, loading times, and the temperature distribution within the intervertebral disc. This study utilized finite element analysis and experiment. It was able to analyze the temperature range of inner intervertebral disc by two mechanisms which are known to alleviate pain clinically. As a result, verification of temperature distribution to 15.6mm($\geq$45$^{\circ}C$) (Mechanism 1-coagulation inner annulus by heat) and 9mm($\geq$6$0^{\circ}C$) (Mechanism 2- contraction inner nucleus by heat) from the heat source was done.
Keywords
Intervertebral disc; Discogenic pain; Electrothermal therapy; Finite element analysis;
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