Focus on Chemonucleolysis

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Anatomical Aspects of the Intervertebral Disc....Pages 1-7
Principles of Chemonucleolysis Using Chymopapain....Pages 9-16
Morphological Study of the Action of Chymopapain on the Intervertebral Disc....Pages 17-22
Indications and Contraindications of Nucleolysis....Pages 23-27
Computed Tomography and Chemonucleolysis....Pages 29-35
Extradural Approach to Needle Placement in Lumbar Intervertebral Disc....Pages 37-43
Practical Problems of Discography....Pages 45-52
Discography in the Prognosis of Chemonucleolysis....Pages 53-58
Discography and Nucleolysis with Discase....Pages 59-65
Advantages of Disc Compliance Recording VS Discography....Pages 67-77
Results after Chemonucleolysis....Pages 79-85
Anaphylactic Accidents Related to Chymopapain: Prevention and Treatment....Pages 87-99
Complications of Nucleolysis....Pages 101-106
Failures of Chemonucleolysis....Pages 107-113
Surgical Findings and Results After Chemonucleolysis Failure in Sciatica....Pages 115-121
The Cost of Chemonucleolysis — A Preliminary Study....Pages 123-125
Chymopapain Cervical Chemonucleolysis: Preliminary Results in 15 Cases....Pages 127-132
Chymodiactin....Pages 133-139
Presentation of Discolysis Enzyme: Disease (Chymopapain)....Pages 141-145
Nucleolysis Using Aprotinin Injection: A Study of 140 Cases....Pages 147-151
Back Matter....Pages 153-153