title: [Percutaneous lumbar nucleotomy with low-dose chymopapain, an ambulatory procedure].
abstract: 100 patients, who underwent an automated percutaneous lumbar discectomy with low-dose chemonucleolysis, were controlled in this follow-up study after a minimum period of 2 years. They showed excellent or good results in 90% and fair in 8% of the cases. 2% of the patients showed unchanged symptoms. In 9% of the cases a microdiscectomy was necessary to reach this result. No severe intra- or postoperative complications like a postnucleotomy-syndrome were seen. A significant improvement was reached in radicular symptoms and back pain.
authors.affiliation: Ambulatorium für Wirbelsäulenchirurgie, München.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hoogland
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scheckenbach
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001416:Back Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D002917:Chymopapain / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017586:Diskectomy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007404:Intervertebral Disc Chemolysis / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011182:Postoperative Care
chemical_list: D002917:Chymopapain
vernacular_title: Die perkutane lumbale Nukleotomie mit Low-Dosis Chymopapain, ein ambulantes Verfahren.