Hi,
IDET is inter Disc Electrode treatment. I had tried a nuraber of procedures and then IDET was suggested to me by my neuro surgeon. Trying to establish where pain is coming from can be very hard. Some say DDD does not cause pain, others say it does. For me I had a slight bulge and DDD in 3 discs. I had a discogram to establish which disc they "thought" was where the pain was from. They did not think the bulge on one of the disc was the source of all my pain. the discogram showed which disc and then they went in under the guideance of like an x-ray machine to show which area they were going to burn off with the electrode. Basically it is burning off of the disc bulge. It is an extremely painfull procedure and you are awake for it, as they need to know if they hit anything. Which they did for me and left my left leg "dead" for awhile and still a nuraber of years on it is only recently I can bring my left leg up to put on a sock. For me the procedure did nothing only cause more pain, and left my leg in extreme pain. Wouldnt recommend it.
hope this helps
Round1