PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ben Maurice Brown
AU  - Edward H. Stark
AU  - Garry Dion
AU  - Hirohisa Ono
TI  - Computed Tomography and Chymopapain Chemonucleolysis: Preliminary Findings
DP  - 1985 Jan 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 51--54
VI  - 6
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/6/1/51.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/6/1/51.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1985 Jan 01; 6
AB  - Ten lumbar disk levels in nine patients were examined by computed tomography (CT) before and 6 weeks after chymopapain chemonucleolysis of herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP). Patient selection for chemonucleolysis was partly based on CT scans demonstrating morphologic HNP criteria favoring a successful treatment outcome. Posttreatment CT scans disclosed a measurable HNP size decrease of 1-3 mm at nine of 10 levels studied as well as an increase in HNP attenuation at many levels. CT findings correlated closely with objective clinical parameters used to assess treatment outcomes.