[Treatment by nucleolysis using chymopapain of disk hernias of purely lumbalgic form].
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.
Alcalay
M
M
Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Jean Bernard, Poitiers.
Bontoux
D
D
Vincent
M H
MH
Valat
J P
JP
Fouquet
B
B
Brégeon
C
C
Moneger
M
M
D000328:Adult; D002917:Chymopapain / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007404:Intervertebral Disc Chemolysis; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D002917:Chymopapain
Traitement par nucléolyse à la chymopapaïne des hernies discales à forme purement lombalgique.