Ethanol Gel Versus Steroid in Refractory Lumbar Discogenic Pain

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.