Die Einsatzmöglichkeit der Kernspintomographie bei der lumbalen Chemonukleolyse

Autor:	R. Venbrocks, G. Clauss, V. Nicolas, W. Rüther
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	biology business.industry Intervertebral disc Chymopapain medicine.anatomical_structure Lumbar biology.protein Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Surgery sense organs Tomography skin and connective tissue diseases business Nuclear medicine
Zdroj:	Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und ihre Grenzgebiete. 126:190-194
ISSN:	1438-941X 0044-3220
Popis:	This paper documents a prospective study of the serial changes in the MRI appearances of the intervertebral disc after chemonucleolysis with chymopapain. After chemonucleolysis the mass of the disc prolaps had not changed. But there was a diminution of water content. The authors suggest that chemonucleolysis induces changes in the disc that may be comparable to degenerative processes. In consequence it may be of no use to carry out the chemonucleolysis in those cases, in which degenerative changes are already present in MR-imaging.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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