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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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2009
2009
Intervertebral Disc Segmentation and Volumetric Reconstruction From Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography Imaging
An automatic system for segmenting and constructing volumetric representations of excised intervertebral discs from peripheral… 
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… 
1993
1993
An Experimental Study Comparing Percutaneous Discectomy with Chemonucleolysis
The aim of this study was to assess the macroscopic and microscopic reaction of the intervertebral disc to discectomy with the… 
1989
1989
The effect of chemonucleolysis on serum keratan sulfate levels in humans.
Sensitive measurements of serum keratan sulfate (KS), a glycosaminoglycan found in large quantities in the proteoglycans of human… 
1986
1986
Rib penetration of the intervertebral foraminae in neurofibromatosis.
1985
1985
Chymopapain chemonucleolysis: CT changes after treatment.
Chymopapain chemonucleolysis is now used extensively in this country to treat lumbar disk herniation. Despite increasing… 
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… 
1969
1969
Experimental intervertebral discolysis with collagenase.
AIN caused by herniation of the intervertebral disc is relieved by surgical decompression of the affected nerve root. This is… 
1947
1947
Wedge osteotomy of the spine with bilateral intervertebral foraminotomy; correction of flexion deformity in five cases of ankylosing arthritis of the spine.
1944
1944
Pain and Disability of Shoulder and Arm Due to Herniation of the Nucleus Pulposus of Cervical Intervertebral Disks
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