Chondroitinase ABC (pharmaceutical grade) for chemonucleolysis: Functional and structural evaluation after local application on intraspinal nerve structures and blood vessels

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 1952-1956

  Olmarker, Kjell ^a   Strömberg, Joakim ^b   Blomquist, Jesper ^b   Zachrisson, Peter ^a   Nannmark, Ulf ^b   Nordborg, Claes ^a   Rydevik, Björn ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cauda equina; chondroitinase ABC; chymopapain; disc herniation; intervertebral disc; nerve root; sciatica

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; CHYMOPAPAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL; CHEEK POUCH; CHEMONUCLEOLYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAMINECTOMY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL NERVE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CHONDROITIN LYASES; CHYMOPAPAIN; CRICETINAE; EPIDURAL SPACE; HEMORRHAGE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK CHEMOLYSIS; MESOCRICETUS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINE; SWINE;

EID: 0029761099     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199609010-00002     Document Type: Article

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