Table 1.

Candidate Selection Criteria for cBMA Treatment

Inclusion Criteria (n = 33)

• Refractory LBP displaying discogenic degenerative changes via MRI

• Positive concordant or partial concordant pain on discography and demonstrated internal disc disruption via CT scan (1, 2, or 3-level disc pathology accepted)

• ≥ 50% disc height maintained at level(s) of treatment

• No responsiveness to conservative therapy

• Subjective findings of chronic LBP suggestive of discogenic etiology

• Patients treated between Apr 2010 – Apr 2015

• Patients desiring to be treated with concentrated autologous bone marrow aspirate at the level(s) of treatment

Exclusion Criteria

• LBP caused by any other etiologies (facet pain, stenosis, etc.)

• < 50% disc height maintained at level(s) of treatment

• Full-thickness tears

• Patients who underwent any additional therapies during the follow up period