Temporary neurologic deficit after cervical transforaminal injection of local anesthetic.

Objective: To describe the effects of spinal cord block after injection of local anesthetic into a cervical radicular artery.

Design: Case report.

Setting: Neurology practice specializing in spinal pain.

Two-year follow-up of a controlled trial of intradiscal electrothermal anuloplasty for chronic low back pain resulting from internal disc disruption.

Background: On the basis of observational data, intradiscal electrothermal anuloplasty (IDETA) has been implemented as a treatment for back pain resulting from internal disc disruption.

Purpose: To assess the efficacy of IDETA.

Study Design: Prospective cohort study with comparison group and 2-year follow-up.