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Front Med (Lausanne)
January 2025
Department of Orthopedic, Dianjiang People's Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing, China.
Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) affects millions globally, with annual healthcare costs exceeding $100 billion in the United States alone, driving increasing interest in minimally invasive radiological interventions as treatment alternatives. This narrative review examines developments in collagenase chemonucleolysis for LDH, integrating a literature analysis with clinical experience. Key advancements include the transition from single-agent to combination therapies, exploration of diverse injection routes, and the progression from C-arm fluoroscopy to multi-slice CT guidance.
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January 2025
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, NHO Osaka Minami Medical Center, Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan.
Surgery is often the treatment of choice for lumbar disc herniation (LDH) with severe leg pain. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of Condoliase chemonucleolysis (CC) in patients who were nonambulatory because of severe leg pain. A total of 58 patients who underwent CC for conservative treatment-resistant LDH were included in this study.
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December 2024
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Japan Red Cross Aichi Medical Center Nagoya Daini Hospital, Myokencho 2-9, Syowa-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8650, Japan.
Background: Low back pain is often caused by lumbar disc herniation (LDH). Treatment of LDH is possible using chemonucleolysis of the nucleus pulposus with condoliase injection. However, onset of the therapeutic effect varies among patients, with improvement from an early stage to 3 months post-injection.
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February 2025
Department of Pain, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No. 17, Yongwai Zheng Street, Donghu District, Nanchang, 330000, Jiangxi, China.
Introduction: Cervical disc herniation (CDH) is the most common cause of cervical radiculopathy and causes persistent neck pain and neurological deficits. Collagenase chemonucleolysis has been successfully applied to treat lumbar disc herniation, which has a similar pathological mechanism to CDH. However, its application for CDH remains under-researched, and there is an even greater lack of high-quality clinical evidence.
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February 2025
Department of Pain Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of AnHui Medical University, HeFei, China.
Introduction: To investigate the short-term clinical effect of transforaminal endoscopic lumbar discectomy (TELD) versus coblation nucleoplasty (CN) combined with collagenase chemonucleolysis (CCNL) in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation (LDH) with grade I degenerative spondylolisthesis.
Methods: From January 2019 to December 2020, 60 patients who had LDH with grade I degenerative spondylolisthesis were divided into two groups. Group A adopted TELD while Group B adopted CN combined with CCNL.
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