Intervertebral Disc Chemolysis
"Intervertebral Disc Chemolysis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The dissolving of the NUCLEUS PULPOSUS, the semi-gelatinous tissue of a displaced INTERVERTEBRAL DISC. It is usually achieved by the direct injection of a proteolytic enzyme, especially CHYMOPAPAIN, into the herniated disc.
Descriptor ID |
D007404
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MeSH Number(s) |
E02.718.500
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Concept/Terms |
Intervertebral Disc Chemolysis- Intervertebral Disc Chemolysis
- Chemolyses, Intervertebral Disc
- Intervertebral Disc Chemolyses
- Discolysis
- Discolyses
- Chemolysis, Intervertebral Disk
- Chemolyses, Intervertebral Disk
- Intervertebral Disk Chemolyses
- Nucleolysis, Intervertebral Disc
- Intervertebral Disc Nucleolyses
- Intervertebral Disc Nucleolysis
- Nucleolyses, Intervertebral Disc
- Nucleolysis, Intervertebral Disk
- Intervertebral Disk Nucleolyses
- Intervertebral Disk Nucleolysis
- Nucleolyses, Intervertebral Disk
- Chemolysis, Intervertebral Disc
- Chemonucleolysis
- Chemonucleolyses
- Intervertebral Disk Chemolysis
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Chemonucleation and changes observed on lumbar MR scan: preliminary report. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1987 Jan-Feb; 8(1):1-4.