title: The results of "lumbar disc surgery" following unsuccessful chemonucleolysis.
abstract: A group of 100 patients submitted to microsurgical treatment for herniated lumbar disc following unsuccessful chemonucleolysis with chymopapain were retrospectively compared to a statistically comparable group of patients primarily submitted to microsurgery. This comparison demonstrated that previous unsuccessful chemonucleolysis has no influence on either the short-term or the long-term results of subsequent microsurgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Free University of Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brock
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pedretti
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Mayer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002917:Chymopapain / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007404:Intervertebral Disc Chemolysis; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D002917:Chymopapain