Significance of anterior interbody fusion from view of patho-mechanism of discogenic low back pain

Abstract

Low back pain is common disease, and is one of the most crucial problems in the world. Fifty thousands million dollars per year were paid for the low back problem in the United States. Many authors have reported etiology, pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of pain originated from lumbar intervertebral disc, however the mechanism and treatment for discogenic pain remains to be unclear. In our department, we performed anterior lumbar interbody fusion for discogenic low back pain. We clarified patho-mechanism of discogenic pain from this procedure. In this manuscript, we stated mechanism, estimation, treatment, and surgical results of the discogenic low back pain.