Show pageBacklinksCite current pageExport to PDFBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. Besides open [[discectomy]], other interventional techniques were developed to overcome the side effects of surgical procedures. In [[1964]] the American orthopedic surgeon Lyman Smith (1912-1991) introduced [[chemonucleolysis]], a minimally invasive technique consisting only of a cannula and the proteolytic enzyme [[chymopapain]], which is injected into the disc compartment to dissolve the displaced disc material. percutaneous_chemonucleolysis.txt Last modified: 2024/06/07 02:53by 127.0.0.1