Does Diskography Cause Accelerated Progression of Degeneration Changes in the Lumbar Disk

Description: Low back pain attributed to spinal disk degeneration has been routinely diagnosed via diskography. Although its validity has been debated, diskography represents a diagnostic tool to help differentiate pain that is diskogenic in nature from other etiologies of low back pain.[1-5] The procedure carries short-term risks such as bleeding, infection (ie, diskitis), nerve injury, and increased pain.[5] However, long-term sequelae of this procedure have not been well delineated.
Does Diskography Cause Accelerated Progression of Degeneration Changes in the Lumbar Disk? Joseph K. Lee, MD Medscape Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine © 2009 Full text