What is provocative discography?
Provocative discography is also termed discography or discogram. Provocative discography is a diagnostic test to help identify the source of pain. Physiologic information is gathered by assessing the patient’s pain response during the test. Additionally, anatomical information is obtained by correlating pain response, if obtained, with imaging seen on fluoroscopy (X-ray) during the study. Often a post-discography CT scan is obtained to further study the internal architecture of the disc.