| Clinical Significance of CT/Discography in the Determining the Prognosis of Patients for Chemonucleolysis. |
| Seong Keun Moon, Kwang Soo Lee, Moon Soo Shin, Nam Jung, Seung Kon Huh |
| Department of Neurosurgery, Presyterian Medical Center, Chonju, Korea. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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We analysed the results of 34 herniated lumbar disc patients who were treated with chemonucleolysis and took CT/discography from Jan. 1991 to Jun. 1992 at the Department of Neurosurgery, Presbytrian Medical Center, Chonju, Korea.
The overall success rate of chemonucleolysis was 82.4%. The CT/discographic findings were divided according to whether fluorescing or not, and degeneration or not. The success rates in fluorescing and non-fluorescing group were 95.2% & 61.5%, respectively, and those in degeneration and non-degeneration group were 66.7% & 100%, respectively. So, the results showed that the outcome of chemonucleolysis was better when the herniated disc fragment demonstrated a large uptake of contrast material visible, or there was no annular appearance to describe degeneration on CT/discography. |
| Key Words:
Chemonucleolysis; CT/discography; Prognosis; Fluorescing; Degeneration |
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