Ethanol Gel Versus Steroid in Refractory Lumbar Discogenic Pain

Inclusion criteria

• Patient 18 years of age or older;
• 2-month refractory pain to conservative treatment, non-surgical patients;
• Chronic discogenic pain (1 or 2 lumbar discs) with concordant MR imaging;
• Symptomatic for at least 8 weeks despite appropriate medical treatment;
• Patient who agrees to participate in the study and who signed the informed consent form;
• Patient with social protection.

Exclusion criteria

• Previous surgical treatment of the studied disc(s);
• Patient with pure radicular pain;
• Sick leave of more than 12 months secondary to the symptoms;
• Patients who cannot read or write French;
• History of cognitive-behavioral disorders that could interact with assessment by self-questionnaire;
• Local or general infection, or suspicion of infection;
• Severe coagulation disorders;
• Other rheumatic inflammatory disease;
• Undercurrent serious pathology with life expectancy < 2 years;
• Female of childbearing age that are known to be pregnant during inclusion visit or wishing to become pregnant before treatment;
• Subject who has forfeited their freedom by administrative or legal award, or is under guardianship or under limited judicial protection
• Patient participating in another interventional clinical trial or testing an experimental drug within 30 days of inclusion in the study.