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The results of “lumbar disc surgery” following unsuccessful chemonucleolysis

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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.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Universitaetsklinikum Steglitz, Free University of Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany

    M. Brock, L. Pedretti Jr. & H. -M. Mayer

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This work was supported by a grant of the Berliner Krebsgesellschaft (Berlin Cancer Society).

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Brock, M., Pedretti, L. & Mayer, H.M. The results of “lumbar disc surgery” following unsuccessful chemonucleolysis. Acta neurochir 112, 65–70 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01402456

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