[Treatment by nucleolysis using chymopapain of disk hernias of purely lumbalgic form]

M Alcalay; D Bontoux; M H Vincent; J P Valat; B Fouquet; C Brégeon; M Moneger

[Treatment by nucleolysis using chymopapain of disk hernias of purely lumbalgic form]

Rev Rhum Mal Osteoartic. 1988 Oct;55(10):741-5.

[Article in French]

Authors

M Alcalay¹, D Bontoux, M H Vincent, J P Valat, B Fouquet, C Brégeon, M Moneger

Affiliation

¹ Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Jean Bernard, Poitiers.

PMID: 3057607

Abstract

16 patients suffering from a herniated disc with purely lumbalgic manifestations were treated with chymopapain nucleolysis. The results were very good in 5 cases, good in 6 cases and poor in 5 cases. These data, along with those scattered in the literature, led us to consider nucleolysis as a treatment, probably valid, of a herniated disc in its purely lumbalgic form.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Chymopapain / adverse effects
Chymopapain / therapeutic use*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Intervertebral Disc Chemolysis*
Intervertebral Disc Displacement / drug therapy*
Lumbar Vertebrae
Male
Middle Aged

Substances

Chymopapain