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Intervertebral Disc Chemolysis

Known as: Chemolysis, Intervertebral Disc, Intervertebral Disk Nucleolysis, Nucleolysis, Intervertebral Disk 
The dissolving of the NUCLEUS PULPOSUS, the semi-gelatinous tissue of a displaced INTERVERTEBRAL DISC. It is usually achieved by the direct injection… 
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ChymopapainDisk, HerniatedIntervertebral Disc DegenerationIntervertebral Disk Displacement

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Intervertebral chemonucleolysis with diskography

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Lower Back Pain and Disorders of Intervertebral Discs
Review
1996
Review
1996
Adolescent Disc Protrusions: A Long-term Follow-up of Surgery Compared to Chymopapain
Study Design This study compared chymopapain with primary surgery in the treatment of 60 radiologically proven adolescent lumbar… 
1992
1992
Residual chymopapain activity after chemonucleolysis in normal intervertebral discs in dogs.
Studies were carried out to demonstrate residual chymopapain activity in intervertebral discs after chemonucleolysis; protease… 
1991
1991
Radiographic and Histologic Effects of Chondroitinase ABC on Normal Canine Lumbar Intervertebral Disc
Twelve dogs were divided into two equal groups and given lumbar intradiscal injections of 10, 50, or 100 U/ml of chondroitinase… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Treatment of Sciatica A Comparative Survey of Complications of Surgical Treatment and Nucleolysis With Chymopapain
Chymopapain in the treatment of sciatica by chemonucleolysis has become widespread in the United States and Europe since the… 
1985
1985
Cost Effectiveness of Chemonucleolysis Versus Laminectomy in the Treatment of Herniated Nucleus Pulposus
The hospital and professional charges for 40 consecutive patients who underwent chymopapain chemonucleolysis in 1982–83 at the… 
1984
1984
Peripheral nerve injury by chymopapain injection.
Chymopapain injected into the intervertebral disc space (chemonucleolysis) has been used clinically in patients with disc disease… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Percutaneous discectomy: an alternative to chemonucleolysis?
At the University of Florida, a new technique for lumbar disc removal, called percutaneous discectomy, has been explored. This… 
1973
1973
Herniation of the nucleus pulposus. A rare complication of intervertebral-disk calcification in children.
Abstract Intervertebral-disk calcification in children is associated with pain, fever, leukocytosis, and an elevated erythrocyte… 
1944
1944
Pain and Disability of Shoulder and Arm Due to Herniation of the Nucleus Pulposus of Cervical Intervertebral Disks
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