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9667123

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
16
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-8-5
pubmed:abstractText
We searched the Medline database and examined 11 randomized controlled trials to evaluate the efficacy of treating lumbar herniated discs by injection with chymopapain or by automated percutaneous discectomy. Our findings show that chemonucleolysis with chymopapain is a documented treatment which is better than placebo, but consistently inferior to surgical discectomy. The two randomized controlled trials to evaluate automated percutaneous discectomy fail to show efficacy that is any better than would be expected from a placebo response. We conclude that surgical discectomy is the best treatment option for a herniated disc when conservative efforts have failed.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
nor
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0029-2001
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
118
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2478-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
[Lumbar disk prolapses and radiological spinal intervention. What do the randomized controlled trials say?].
pubmed:affiliation
Nevrologisk avdeling Medisinsk klinikk Ullevål sykehus, Oslo.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review