Predictors of successful outcome for lumbar chemonucleolysis: Analysis of 3000 cases during the past 14 years

Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 123-128

  Kim, Young Soo ^a   Chin, Dong Kyu ^a,b   Cho, Yong Eun ^a   Jin, Byung Ho ^a   Yoon, Do Heum ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemonucleolysis; Chymopapain; Intervertebral disc; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

CHYMOPAPAIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; MEGLUMINE IOXITALAMATE PLUS SODIUM IOXITALAMATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMONUCLEOLYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISKOGRAPHY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTRADISCAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROVOCATION TEST; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036871572     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200211002-00017     Document Type: Article

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