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Chicheportiche V, Parlier-Cuau C, Champsaur P, et al. Lumbar Chymopapain Chemonucleolysis. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 1997;1(2):197-206doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1080139.
Chicheportiche, V., Parlier-Cuau, C., Champsaur, P., & Laredo, J. D. (1997). Lumbar Chymopapain Chemonucleolysis. Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology, 1(2), 197-206. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1080139
Chicheportiche, Valerie, et al. "Lumbar Chymopapain Chemonucleolysis." Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology vol. 1,2 (1997): 197-206. doi: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1080139
Chicheportiche V, Parlier-Cuau C, Champsaur P, Laredo JD. Lumbar Chymopapain Chemonucleolysis. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 1997;1(2):197-206. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1080139. PMID: 11387067.
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Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 1997;1(2):197-206. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1080139.

Lumbar Chymopapain Chemonucleolysis.

Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology

Valerie Chicheportiche, Caroline Parlier-Cuau, Pierre Champsaur, Jean-Denis Laredo

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  1. Department of Bone and Joint Radiology, Lariboisere Hospital, Assistance Publique des Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France.

PMID: 11387067 DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1080139

Abstract

Lumbar chemonucleolysis is an alternative treatment of the sciatic pain due to a disc herniation. It gives good results in 70 to 80% of selected patients. When a correct technique is used, the complication rate is lesser than that of the open surgery. The indications of lumbar chemonucleolysis are larger than in the past and include lateral disc herniations, large or migrated disc herniations, and patients under 18 years or over 60 years. Further studies are necessary to determine if magnetic resonance imaging helps in patients selection and improve the success rate of chemonucleolysis.

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