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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Orthopedic Procedures > Intervertebral Disc Chemolysis
Therapeutics > Orthopedic Procedures > Intervertebral Disc Chemolysis

Preferred term

Intervertebral Disc Chemolysis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The dissolving of the NUCLEUS PULPOSUS, the semi-gelatinous tissue of a displaced INTERVERTEBRAL DISC. It is usually achieved by the direct injection of a proteolytic enzyme, especially CHYMOPAPAIN, into the herniated disc.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Chemolysis, Intervertebral Disc
  • Chemolysis, Intervertebral Disk
  • Chemonucleolysis
  • Discolysis
  • Intervertebral Disk Chemolysis
  • Nucleolysis, Intervertebral Disc
  • Nucleolysis, Intervertebral Disk

In other languages

  • French

  • Chémonucléolyse
  • Chimiolyse de disques intervertébraux
  • Chimionucléolyse
  • Discolyse
  • Nucléolyse
  • Nucléolyse de disque intervertébral
  • Nucléolyse de disques intervertébraux

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PNR6D4VT-N

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