Chymopapain
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1. Quimionucleólise cervical associada à fenda ventral em cães: avaliação clínico-cirúrgica, radiográfica e histológica / [Chemonucleolysis of canine cervical intervertebral disks associated with ventral slots: Clinical-surgical, radiological and histological aspects]
The present study has as objectives to evaluate the clinical-surgical, radiological and histological aspects of canine cervical intervertebral disks after chemonucleolysis with chymopapain associated to the ventral slot. For that, it was used 24 dogs randomly divided into six equal groups. The ventral slot was accomplished in the area of the intervertebral d
Publicado em: 2004
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2. Intradiscal Therapy: Chymopapain or Collagenase
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3. Sciatica and Chymopapain
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4. Mechanism of action of intradiscal chymopapain in the treatment of sciatica: a clinical, biochemical, and radiological study.
Seventeen patients with intractable sciatica due to prolapse of a lumbar disc, treated by intradiscal injection of chymopapain (chemonucleolysis) were studied. Analysis of serial 24 hour urine collections showed a significant increase in urinary glycosaminoglycan after chemonucleolysis. This was not detected in four patients undergoing routine discography. E
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5. Anesthesiology—Important Advances in Clinical Medicine: Anesthetic Management of Chymopapain Injections
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6. Chymopapain in the treatment of ruptured lumbar discs. Preliminary experience in 48 patients.
The results of chemonucleolysis in 48 patients with lumbar disc disease revealed marked improvement in 58%, slight improvement in 23%, and no improvement in 19%. Serious anaphylactic reactions occurred in two patients. These results and those of other neurosurgical and orthopaedic studies are summarized and compared with the 70% improvement rate obtained wit